GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF STARTER BROILER CHICKENS FED RAW SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA SEED MEAL

Abstract

An experiment to determine the growth performance of starter broiler chickens fed raw Senna obtusifolia seed meal (SOSM) was conducted. A total of 150 Arbor-Acre broiler chickens were purchased and fed control diet for 6 days before randomly allotted to five experimental Treatments 1 to 5 (T1 to T5) of 30 birds each, replicated 3 times with 10 birds per replicate in a completely randomized design. The levels of the raw SOSMwere 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10%. The experiment lasted for 4 weeks. Results showed that as the level of raw SOSM increased in the diet beyond 5%, the lower the final live weight and daily gain of starter broiler birds. It was concluded that raw SOSM could be included up to 5% in starter broiler diet.