Author(s)

Aliyu, Bako^*, Audu, Abubakar, Mohammed, Sule

Affiliation(s)

Department of Animal Science, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, Nigeria.

Corresponding Author

Aliyu, Bako

ABSTRACT

This 6 weeks experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of replacing doum palm pulp meal on the growth performance and haematological parameters of broilers.A total of 350 1-day old broiler chicks (Arbo acres) were randomly distributed into five treatments with seven replicates, each of the replicates consist of ten birds each and a completely randomized design was adopted. Experimental diet was formulated to meet all the nutrient requirements for broilers according to NRC (1994) recommendation. Diet 1 was a control diet without doum palm pulp meal while doum palm pulp meal was used to replace maize at 5%, 10 %, 15 % and 20 % in diet 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Birds had unlimited access to feed and clean water throughout the 42 days experimental period. Proximate analysis of doum palm pulp meal showed that it contained crude protein (7.91 %), crude fibre (13.41 %), ether extract (0.75 %), ash (9.88 %) and metabolizable energy (3440.8 Kcal/kg). Average weight gain (1971.2 - 1958.9 g), total feed intake (4892.1 - 4920.1 g) and feed conversion ratio (2.41 - 2.44) were not significantly different except for mortality rate (p<0.05). Total erythrocyte count, haemoglobin, hematocrit and total leucocyte count were significantly (p<0.05) different among the treatments. However, values were within the standard reference range for healthy birds. It was concluded that doum palm pulp meal can be used to replace maize up to 20 % without compromising the performance of broilers.

KEYWORDS

Doum palm; Maize; Performance; Haematology; Replacement

CITE THIS PAPER

Aliyu, Bako, Audu, Abubakar, Mohammed, Sule. Effect of replacing maize with doum palm pulp meal on the growth performance and some haematological parameters of broilers. World Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences. 2024, 2(3): 23-29. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/wjafs3012.

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