Broiler performance on finisher diets containing different levels of either Pleurotus ostreatus-fermented dried cocoa pod husk or dried cocoa pod husk supplemented with enzymes.

Alemawor, Francis; Kofi Oddoye, Emmanuel Okpoti; Dzogbefia, Victoria P.; Oldham, John H.; Donkoh, Armstrong

The purpose was to investigate the feeding value of fibrous cocoa pod husk (CPH) either fermented with Pleurotus ostreatus or supplemented with fibre-degrading multi-enzymes (Viscozyme®L Pectinex®5XL) before inclusion in diets for 3-week-old finishing broilers. Growth performance and carcass yield of broilers fed diets containing 100, 200 or 300 g kg−1 of the P. ostreatus-fermented CPH or 100, 200 or 300 g kg−1 of the enzyme-supplemented CPH as well as a normal broiler finisher diet (control), were investigated in a 35-day feeding trial setup as a completely randomised design, with the seven treatments replicated three times. There were significant differences ( P −1 and enzyme-supplemented dried CPH up to a level of 100 g kg−1 could be included in broiler finisher diets without any deleterious effects.

BROILER chickens; ANIMAL feeding; ANIMAL nutrition; PLEUROTUS ostreatus; ENZYMES; COCOA

Tropical Animal Health & Production, 2010, Vol 42, Issue 5, p933

0049-4747

Academic Journal

10.1007/s11250-009-9510-9