Growth Performance and Economic Efficiency of Broiler Chickens Fed Boiled Piliostigma reticulatum Seed Meal as a Replacement for Soybean Meal
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https://doi.org/10.66553/japr.2026.110Keywords:
Piliostigma reticulatum, broiler chickens, performance, economics of production, alternative proteinAbstract
The study was conducted to evaluate the performance and economics benefit of broiler chickens fed dietary levels of Piliostigma reticulatum seed meal (PRSM) as replacement for soya bean meal. 300 day old broiler chicks (Ross 308 strain) were allocated to five treatment diets with four replicates in a completely randomize design. The treatments were designated as T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 representing levels of substitution of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 % respectively. The study lasted for 6 weeks were strict management practices were observed, in addition to feed and water given adli bitum throughout the study. At the end of the study data were collected on all the performance indices and results analyzed using ANOVA. Whereas economic benefit calculated after the termination of the study. The result of proximate analysis revealed that, PRS possesses considerable nutritional potentials. Similarly, significant (P< 0.05) differences were observed during the finisher phase for daily weight gain, total weight gain, and final body weight. The best performance was recorded at 20 % level (T3), with final weight of 1882.40 g. However, cost benefit analysis showed that feed cost per kilogram gain was lowest for T3 (₦1397.56), indicating the most cost-effective diet. Piliostigma reticulatum seed meal can effectively replace soya bean meal in broiler chickens diets up to 20 % level without adverse effects on productive performance, while achieving lower feed cost per kilogram gain, indicating that partial replacement is economically feasible and therefore, recommended.
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