Utilization of Enzyme Supplemented Wheat offal-rice bran based diets on performance characteristics and serum biochemistry by meat-type chicken

Abstract

 An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of exogenous enzyme supplementation on the utilization of rice bran as a replacement for wheat offal by meat-type chicken. A total of three hundred and twenty day-old Marsha strain broiler chickens were randomly allocated to eight dietary treatments. Each dietary treatment had 40 birds with 10 birds in each replicate. The wheat offal in diets was replaced by rice bran (RB) at four levels (0%, 10%, 20 % and 30%). Each diet contained 2853.10, 2837.90, 2822.70, and 2807.50 ME Kcal/kg and Crude Protein% of 21.68, 21.57, 21.47 and 21.36. The diets were in two groups. One group was supplemented with exogenous Enzyme while the other group was not supplemented with enzyme. The growth performance, serum biochemistry and organ weight were estimated Data obtained were subjected to Analysis of variance in a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement, Results showed that the final body weight gain was significantly higher (P at this level. Birds fed 30% rice bran inclusion level had significantly lower (P Protein, Globulin and Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase (SGOT). Birds on diet containing level of rice bran had high total protein, Globulin and SGOT [t was concluded that 30% rice bran With enzyme supplementation had no adverse effect on the performance, serum biochemistry and internal organs of the birds.