Effect of different levels of coconut meal in broiler chicken's diets upon the carcass yield

  • Iánglio Márcio Travassos Duarte Jácome UNICAMP
  • Ludmila da Paz Gomes da Silva UFPB
  • Adriana Guim UFRPE
  • Djair Q. Lima UEPB
  • Morgana M. Almeida UFPB
  • Marcos J. de Araújo UFPB
  • Viviane P. Oliveira UFPB
  • Josefa Dêis Brito Silva UFPB
  • Terezinha D. D. Martins UFPB

Abstract

This experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate different levels of coconut meal in broiler chicken's diets. It was utilized 288 chicks in randomized block design, within the period of 1 to 42 days old, under three treatments, with four replications and 24 birds in each experimental unit. The rations were isoenergetic and isoproteical to each phase. The birds fed with the levels of coconut meal didn't differ (p > 0,05) in performance. The treatments that didn't receive the coconut meal tended to maximum feed conversion. Regarding the carcass yield, results showed no difference, although the birds fed with coconut meal tended to accumulate more abdominal fat.

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Author Biography

Iánglio Márcio Travassos Duarte Jácome, UNICAMP
Possui graduação em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2002) e mestrado em Bioclimatologia - Construções rurais e ambiência pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (2005) . Tem experiência na área de Engenharia Agrícola , com ênfase em Construções Rurais e Ambiência. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Qualidade de ovos, Conforto Térmico, Bioclimatologia Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-04-29
How to Cite
Jácome, I. M. T. D., Silva, L. da P. G. da, Guim, A., Lima, D. Q., Almeida, M. M., Araújo, M. J. de, Oliveira, V. P., Silva, J. D. B., & Martins, T. D. D. (2008). Effect of different levels of coconut meal in broiler chicken’s diets upon the carcass yield. Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences, 24, 1015-1019. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v24i0.2518
Section
Animal Science

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