The high cost of imported fishmeal as animal protein source is one the limiting factors in raising broiler chickens particularly Nigeria. Maggots are housefly larvae that rich which could be used alternative to production. This study assessed differently processed Maggot Meal (MM) replacement for broilers diet a completely randomized design. A total 144 day old Arbor Acre were randomly divided ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to determine whether mango saponin (MS) could be used as a feed additive in broiler chicks by evaluating growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and plasma biochemical indices. METHODS A total of 216 1-d-old Arbor Acres male broiler chicks were randomly assigned into three dietary treatments supplemented with 0 (control), 0.1...

This study was conducted to determine the dietary effect of graded levels unripe plantain peel meal on growth performance and internal organs broiler chickens. One hundred five (105) day-old unsexed Arbor Acre chicks were used in a56-day feeding trial. The birds assigned 5 treatments (T1- T5) with a total 21 per treatment replicated three times 7 replicate completely randomized design (CRD). T1...

This study investigated the effects of Bacillus subtilis BC02 supplementation on broiler performance, antioxidant capacity, and cecal microbes. A total 288 one-day-old Arbor Acres broilers were randomly divided into three groups. The control group fed a basal diet, experimental groups diet supplemented with 250 500 mg/kg (BS250 BS500), respectively. results showed that increased average daily f...

The present investigation aimed at comparing meat qualities of broiler chickens reared on deep litter as affected by skip-a-day feed restriction and strain. A total number two hundred eighty-eight (288) unsexed day-old broilers comprising 96 chicks each Arbor acre, Marshall Hubbard strains raised intensive housing systems were used to evaluate the organoleptic attributes. allotted randomly 12 p...

The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of using light-emitting diode (LED) lamps versus incandescent/tungsten (Inc) bulbs on broiler breeder hens’ productive performance during brooding and rearing periods (25 weeks), as well first 15 weeks production. A total 46600 one-day-old Arbor Acres Plus chicks were placed in eight enclosed houses randomly/evenly divided into two groups (four fo...

One hundred forty four 10-day old male Arbor Acres (320±5g) broiler chicks were used to compare the responses in liver function to dietary supplementation of milk thistle (Silybum marianum), artichoke (Cichorium intybus) and olive (Olea europaea) extracts with gemfibrozil and atorvastatin, in broiler chickens fed with a lipogenic diet. Birds raised in the standard experimental conditions and re...

One hundred and forty 21-day old Arbor Acres broiler chickens were used in a straight-run experimental design. The broilers were distributed in a completely randomized design among four treatment groups with seven replicates per treatment and five chickens per replicate. During the experiment period (21 to 42 days old), the chickens were fed isocaloric and iso-nitrogenous diets containing four ...

A total of two hundred and seventy day-old Arbor Acre strain of broiler chicks were used for this research. Five treatment: T1 positive control (10 birds/m), T2 negative control, T3, T4 and T5 had 20 birds/m. T1 and T2 had no supplementation with vitamin E (d1-α-tocopheryl acetate). T3, T4 and T5 had 50mg/kg, 100mg/kg and 150 mg/kg vitamin E supplementations respectively. Feed intake, feed conv...

OBJECTIVE This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with marigold extract on growth performance, pigmentation, antioxidant capacity and meat quality in broiler chickens. METHODS A total of 320 one-day-old Arbor Acres chickens were randomly divided into 5 groups with 8 replicates of 8 chickens each. The chickens of control group were fed with basal die...