 | Abstract 205Waste recycling: the use of dried poultry waste as protein supplement to broiler chicks in the tropics.Okorie,-AU; Iwuchukwu,-MME Dep. Animal Science, Univ. Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria. East-African-Agricultural-and-Forestry-Journal. 1985, 51: 1, 53-58; 12 ref. In 2 experiments lasting 28 and 49 days 64 Hyperco Gold Line hybrid broiler chickens 4 weeks old were given a commercial diet or diets supplying 23% crude protein with 5, 10, 15 or 20% dried poultry droppings (without bedding or feathers). In the first experiment, chickens given the commercial diet ate significantly (P <0.01) more feed than those on the experimental diets. In both experiments livweight gains did not differ among the groups. Feed conversion ratios were poorer (P <0.01) for the commercial diet than for the experimental diets in which values were relatively similar. Carcass quality was good and similar in all groups. This abstract relates to the following species: |