By-product of Tropical Vermicelli Waste as a Novel Alternative Feedstuff in Broiler Diets

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to determine physical and chemical properties of vermicelli waste (VW) and effect of VW inclusion levels on growth performance of broilers. In experiment 1, VW samples were randomly collected from vermicelli industry in Thailand to analyze nutritional composition. Vermicelli waste contained 9.96% moisture, 12.06% CP, 32.30% crude fiber (CF), and 0.57% ether extract (EE), as DM basis. The ratio of insoluble:soluble non-starch polysaccharide (NSP) was 43.4:8.9. A total of 120 chicks (6 pens per treatment and 10 chicks per pen) were fed a corn-soybean meal-based diet or 20% VW substituted diet to determine the apparent metabolizable energy corrected for nitrogen retention (AMEn) of VW. The AMEn of VW was 1,844.7±130.71 kcal/kg. In experiment 2, a total of 1,200 chicks were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 dietary treatments for 42-d growth assay. There were 300 chicks with 6 pens per treatment and 50 chicks per pen. The dietary treatments contained 0%, 5%, 10%, or 15% VW, respectively. All diets were formulated to be isocaloric and isonitrogenous. From 0 to 18 d of age chicks fed VW diets had higher (p<0.001) feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared with those fed the control diet. No difference was observed during grower and finisher phase (19 to 42 d). Chicks fed VW diets had lower relative weight of abdominal fat (p<0.001) but higher relative weight of gizzard (p<0.05) than those of chicks fed the control diet. Increasing VW inclusion levels increased ileal digesta viscosity (p<0.05) and intestinal villus height of chicks (p< 0.001). For apparent total tract digestibility assay, there were 4 metabolic cages of 6 chicks that were fed experimental treatment diets (the same as in the growth assay) in a 10-d total excreta collection. Increasing VW inclusion levels linearly decreased (p<0.05) apparent total tract digestibility of DM and CF.

Effect of unripe banana flour as a functional feed ingredient on growth performance, internal organ relative weight and carcass traits of broilers

“…Data in our present study showed a clear tendency that feeding UBF reduced the relative weight of gizzard of broilers. Previous study suggested that the high content of insoluble fibre in diet may implicate further grinding activity leading to further muscular layer development and hence increasing gizzard size (Rungcharoen et al, 2013).…”

“…Data in our present study showed a clear tendency that feeding UBF reduced the relative weight of gizzard of broilers. Previous study suggested that the high content of insoluble fibre in diet may implicate further grinding activity leading to further muscular layer development and hence increasing gizzard size (Rungcharoen et al., 2013 ). Taken the latter study into consideration, the high content of soluble fibre (Falcomer et al., 2019 ) and carbohydrates (Munita et al., 2022 ) in UBF may therefore reduce grinding activity and thus prevent the further muscular layer development of gizzard.…”

“…( 2015 ) reported that enzyme (endoxylanase and β‐glucanase) supplementation increased the relative weight of gizzard of broilers in their study. In general, enzyme has been reported to improve the digestibility of nutrients, including fibre, and thereby reduce the grinding activity and gizzard weight (Rungcharoen et al., 2013 ). In this regard, the attribution of multienzyme to increasing the relative weight of gizzard seemed to be inappropriate.…”

“…In general, enzyme has been reported to improve the digestibility of nutrients, including fibre, and thereby reduce the grinding activity and gizzard weight (Rungcharoen et al, 2013). In this regard, the attribution of multienzyme to increasing the relative weight of gizzard seemed to be inappropriate.…”

Níveis De Inclusão Da Torta Da Semente De Cupuaçu Na Dieta De Frangos Caipiras Criados Na Amazônia Ocidental

“…Segundo Rungcharoen et al (2013) avaliando o uso de subproduto de vermicelli tropical (resíduo de tipo de massa, na Tailândia), na alimentação de frangos de corte, recomendaram o nível máximo de 5% de inclusão nas dietas dos frangos, devido o aumento no rendimento da moela e do peso dos intestinos dos frangos que possuíram níveis acima de 5%, sendo a quantidade de fibra bruta (32%), a possível razão dos resultados obtidos.…”