Tamador. A. Algam
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Gezira State, Sudan
Khadiga. A. Abdel Atti
Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Postal Code 13314, Khartoum North, Sudan
B.M. Dousa
Department of Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Production, University of Gezira, Sudan
S.M. Elawad
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan
A.M. Fadel Elseed
Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Postal Code 13314, Khartoum North, Sudan
ABSTRACT
One hundred and twenty eight broiler chicks were used to evaluate the effect of dietary level chickpea seeds, on performance and some blood parameters of broilers. Four iso caloric and iso nitrogenous Experimental diets containing 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% raw chickpea seeds were formulated to meet the nutrients requirements as outlined by NRC (1994). Experiment was in a Completely Randomize (CRD) comprised broiler chick diet. Each treatment was replicated four times with 8 birds/replicate. The study lasted for 45 days. Parameters measured were feed intake, body weight gain, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), pre-slaughter weight, dressing percentage, protein efficiency, some blood parameters (glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, total protein, calcium and phosphorus) and profitability. Results revealed that treatment had no significant effect in feed intake and blood serum parameters. Birds fed 10% and 15% of chickpea showed similar performance to control significant (p<0.05) on body weight gain Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), pre-slaughter weight, dressing percentage, protein efficiency, However, birds fed on 5% level is significantly (p<0.05) lower on weight gain, carcass weight and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), bird fed 10%level chickpea has better effect on net profit.
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Tamador. A. Algam, Khadiga. A. Abdel Atti, B.M. Dousa, S.M. Elawad and A.M. Fadel Elseed, 2012. Effect of Dietary Raw Chick Pea (Cicer arietinum L.) Seeds on Broiler Performance and Blood Constituents. International Journal of Poultry Science, 11: 294-297.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2012.294.297
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2012.294.297
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2012.294.297
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2012.294.297
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