Authors : P.C.N. Alikwe, A.O. Olatunde and M.I. Adarabioyo
Abstract: A study was carried out at the poultry section of the Lagos State College of Primary Education, Epe, Nigeria. The experiment lasted 8 weeks. The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of supplementing broiler finisher rations with palm oil mill exudates. The palm oil mill exudates used was collected from local palm oil extraction centre araga. The broiler finisher ration used was bought from sanders feed depot at Ijebu-Ode and contains 20% crude protein. The white Leghorn breed of broilers used for the study was obtained from Agricultural Centre Boyede Karonwi (Nig. Ltd.). A total of 90 broilers were divided into 3 groups of 30 broilers per group. The 30 broilers in each group were subjected to 3 levels of treatment at 0, 10 and 15% supplementation of dry residue of oil palm exudates beginning from the 4th week. At the end of the experiment, 2 birds per replicate were randomly selected and slaughtered for sampling and data collection. The data generated were subjected to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 5% probability level (LSD = 0.05). Significant improvements were observed in the growth attributes of birds fed with palm oil mill exudates supplements. In the present circumstances, palm oil mill exudates seems to be a good carbohydrate and protein source for poultry feeding and a means of reducing feeding cost in poultry production if properly managed.
P.C.N. Alikwe, A.O. Olatunde and M.I. Adarabioyo, 2011. Effect of Palm Oil Mill Exudate (POME) on Performance of Broiler Finishers. Research Journal of Poultry Sciences, 4: 1-3.