Evaluation of different levels of raw and alkali-treated palm pulp on performance of broiler chicken

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of raw and alkali-tretead of palm pulp (PP) on broilers perfomance. In this experment 280 male broiler chicks were allocated in 7 treatment and 4 replication per treatment. Experimental diets included in corn-soybean diet (control) and 3, 6 and 9% of raw and alkali-treated of PP. Body weight, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and feed intake were measured at 8, 21 and 42 days of age. Results 8-42 days of age showed that, there were significant differences between treatments in general terms of feed intake, daily weight gain and FCR (P < 0.05). The highest feed intake was observed for 9% raw PP diet and the lowest was for control diet. As well as, the highest daily weight gain was observed for control diet and the lowest was for diet contaning 9% alkali-tratd PP. There was signifcant diffrences with diets containing PP (p < 0.05) and control diet on FCR. Among tratments contaning PP, diets containing 3% raw and 3 and 6% alkali-trated PP have FCR similar to the control diet. The result of this study indicated that, up to 3% raw and up to 6% alkali-treated PP can be used in broiler dites without negative effect on performance.