Comparative Effects of Poultry Fat and Soybean Oil on Growth Performance in Broiler Chickens

2026-03-11T04:07:30+00:00

The research was done in order to compare the effects of poultry fat and soybean oil on the growth of broilers. Three dietary treatments including a control diet (CON) with no supplemental fat and a diet (SO) and diet (PF) supplemented with soybean oil or poultry fat were used randomly to allocate 360 one-day-old broiler chicks. The duration of the experiment was 42 days and it was subdivided into three phases; starter (1-14 days), grower (15-28 days) and finisher (29-42 days). Parameters of growth performance such as body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were measured. These findings indicated that, broilers that were fed diets with soybean oil and poultry fat had a much higher body weight gain and good feed ratio than that of the broilers that were fed the control diet (P < 0.05) at each of the growth phases. No significant effect of dietary treatments on the feed intake was found (P > 0.05). There were no observed significant differences between the soybean oil and poultry fat groups in most parameters of performance implying that the two sources of lipids are equally effective in supporting the growth of broilers. To conclude, dietary fat enhanced growth performance and feed efficiency in broilers chicken. Poultry fat exhibited similar effects with soybean oil and thus it can be concluded that it is a viable and economically viable alternative source of lipid in broiler diets.

Growth Performance and Economic Efficiency of Broiler Chickens Fed Boiled Piliostigma reticulatum Seed Meal as a Replacement for Soybean Meal

2026-04-23T04:03:37+00:00

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.

Journal of Animal and Plant Research

Comparative Effects of Poultry Fat and Soybean Oil on Growth Performance in Broiler Chickens

Growth Performance and Economic Efficiency of Broiler Chickens Fed Boiled Piliostigma reticulatum Seed Meal as a Replacement for Soybean Meal