CARCASS EVALUATION AND ORGAN WEIGHT OF BROILERS FED DIETS CONTAINING WOOD CHARCOAL AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INCLUSION

Author:
Nwokolo, P.C., Ebenebe, C.I

Doi: 10.26480/mahj.01.2024.20.23

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The study evaluates the influence of wood charcoal on carcass parameters and organ weights of broilers in a feeding trial. 120 Ross 308 broilers of both sexes gotten at one day-old were randomly allocated to four treatments with three replicates of 10 birds each, in a completely randomized design arrangement. They were fed diets containing wood charcoal at T1(0%), T2(2.5%), T3(5%), and T4(7.5%) levels of inclusion in a two-staged system (Starter and Finisher). At the end of rearing period, the result showed that carcass parameters and organ weight were significantly (P<0.5) enhanced by the dietary treatments, where the highest mean of live weight, bled weight, defeathered weight, shank, thigh, neck, gizzard, liver, lungs, pancreas, small intestine, proventriculus, and spleen weight were found at T2 (2.5%). It was concluded that addition of wood charcoal at 2.5% gave the best result for carcass parameters and organ weight.

Pages 20-23
Year 2024
Issue 1
Volume 4