Effects Of Replacing Maize With Boiled Mango (mangifera Indica Linn) Seed Kernel On The Growth Performances And Carcass Characteristics Of Broiler Chickens

An investigation was undertaken to study the effects of replacing maize with boiled mango seed kernel (BMSK) on the growth performance parameters and carcass yield characteristics of Hubbard broiler chicks. The experiment was arranged in a completely randomized design with four treatments, each replicated three times with 13 birds each. One-hundred fifty six day-old chicks with similar body weight (BW) were used for this trial and were randomly distributed to the four treatment diets. The four treatments were control (T1) (100% maize + 0% BMSK), T2 (95% maize + 5% BMSK), T3 (90% maize + 10% BMSK) and T4 (85% maize + 15% BMSK). The chicks were weighed at the start for initial BW for which the experiment was lasted for 7 weeks during which daily feed intake and weekly BW were measured. At the end of the experimental period, 2 chicks from each replication were randomly selected and slaughtered to evaluate the effect of BMSK on carcass yields. The results on average daily feed intake per bird for T1 and T2 was 71.38 and 70.82 g, respectively and this difference was not significant (p>0.05) between them but it was significantly (p0.05) between them but it was significantly (p

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