Evaluation and economics of enzyme supplementation on the performance of broiler finishers fed soybean hull meal based diets

Twenty-eight day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler finisher fed soybean hull based diets supplemented with “Safzyme®”, an exogenous cellulolytic enzyme. Soybean also referred as soyhull, millrun or flakes are by-products milling industry. Five were formulated such that contained meal at 0%, 10% and 20% dietary levels (without enzyme supplementation) 10%, (with 1.0% respectively. One-hundred fifty (150) four-week-old Hubbard chicks divided into five groups thirty (30) birds each randomly assigned treatment in a completely randomized design (CRD). Data collected on feed intake, body weight gain, conversion ratio economics production computed. Feed intake increased progressively inclusion without supplementation. This increase became significant (P<0.05) level hull. Daily gains supplementation did not significantly differ from efficiency both hulls Dietary reduced cost 1kg meat while negatively affected percent savings. The results this suggest containing Safztme®, enzyme, could improve nutritive value for saving.