A total of 216 day old broiler chicks (Arbor Acers) were weighed and distributed into equal 4 experimental groups of three replicates for each to explore the effect of dietary grape seeds (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%) addition on growth parameters, nutrients utilization and carcass characteristics as well as economic efficiency during fattening period (1-35 days of age). The results indicated that live body weight, body weight gain , feed conversion ratio and production index traits significantly (P≤0.05) improved for chicks fed diet contained 1.0% grape seeds (GS), while these parameters recorded non-significant improvement by 0.50 and 1.5%GS levels compared with chicks fed the control diet during the entire experimental period (0-35 days of age). Using GS in broilers diet recorded non-significant improvement for nutrients digestibility than the control except for fiber digestibility which was significantly improved. Feeding value improved (P>0.05) for chicks by dietary grape seeds addition. Total edible parts (%) insignificantly elevated by feeding different GS diets than the control. Chicks fed 1.0% GS diet recorded the best economic efficiency compared with the control at the entire experimental period. Therefore, it might be concluded that feeding diet contained 1.00% GS for broiler chicks might be used to improve growth performance and nutrients utilization as well as economic efficiency during the fattening period.
Tag El-Din, T., Awad, A., & Sherief, A. (2019). Effect of Using Grape Seeds on Productive Performance and Nutrients Utilization for Broiler Chicks during Fattening Period. Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10(2), 29-34. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.40304
MLA
T. H. Tag El-Din; A. L. Awad; A. A. Sherief. "Effect of Using Grape Seeds on Productive Performance and Nutrients Utilization for Broiler Chicks during Fattening Period", Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10, 2, 2019, 29-34. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.40304
HARVARD
Tag El-Din, T., Awad, A., Sherief, A. (2019). 'Effect of Using Grape Seeds on Productive Performance and Nutrients Utilization for Broiler Chicks during Fattening Period', Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 10(2), pp. 29-34. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.40304
VANCOUVER
Tag El-Din, T., Awad, A., Sherief, A. Effect of Using Grape Seeds on Productive Performance and Nutrients Utilization for Broiler Chicks during Fattening Period. Journal of Animal and Poultry Production, 2019; 10(2): 29-34. doi: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.40304
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