Broiler Performance to the Addition of Local Pearl Millet Soaked in Citric Acid to the Diet
Sarab Ali Manaah*(1) and Ali Mehmood Alkassar(2)
(1). Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kufa University, Iraq.
(*Corresponding author: Sarab Ali Manaah. E-mail: srab9336@gmail.com).
Received: 01/10/2022 Accepted: 14/10/2022
Abstract:
This study was carried out to determine the influence of replacing different levels of millet grains instead of corn on the performance of broiler chickens. A total of 300-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly distributed into five groups contains three replicates (20 birds/pen). Each group was fed on the one of the following experimental diets. Diet 1 was the control: 100% corn, Diet 2: 100% normal millet, Diet 3: 100% soaked millet in citric acid, Diet 4: 50% corn+50% normal millet, Diet 5: 50%corn+50% soaked millet in citric acid. All diets were iso nitrogenous and metabolisable energy during starting and finishing phases. Results showed that there were significant differences (P≤0.05) between all treatments, i.e. weight gains and feed consumption, and feed conversion ratio in all periods, also it was noticed significant differences in carcass traits, i.e. dressing percentage, and carcass cuts recorded in birds which apprehension diets contained normal and soaked millet in citric acid. Pearl millet grains have been given the best performance and carcass traits than corn grains in broilers diets.
Key Words: Soaked millet, Growth performance, Carcass traits, Pearl millet, Citric acid.
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Manaah, S. A., & Alkassar, A. M. (2022). Broiler performance to the addition of local pearl millet soaked in citric acid to the diet. Research Journal of Science, 3(1), 1–7.