 | Abstract 149Effect of raw cotton seed meal on the performance, carcass characteristics and certain blood parameters of broiler chickens.Atuahene,-CC; Donkoh,-A; Nkansah-Darko,-P Dep. Animal Science, Univ. Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Journal-of-Animal-Production-Research. 1986, 6: 2, 107-114; 12 ref. Three hundred, 7-day-old Bosbek broiler chickens were given diets containing 0, 2.5, 7.5 and 10% raw cottonseed meal for 9 weeks. Raw cottonseed meal at 5, 7.5 and 10% significantly reduced average weight gains and decreased feed intake in broiler chickens: feed efficiency and mortality were not affected. There were significant differences among treatment means for dressing percentages, liver and viscera weights, haemoglobin and leucocyte counts, but no off-flavours were imparted to the meat produced by chickens given the experimental diets. Both income and profit per chicken were highest for chickens given the diet containing 2.5% raw cottonseed meal. This abstract relates to the following species: |