Evaluation of Enzyme (Maxigrain®) Supplementation of Graded Levels of 
Palm Kernel Meal (PKM) on the Performance of Broiler Chickens

Esuga, P.M.; Sekoni, A. A.; Omage, J. J.; Bawa, G. S.

doi:10.3923/pjn.2008.607.613

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“…An increase in the percentage of heart in diet containing 30% DP probably was due to increase of its function. This agrees with Esuga et al (2008) who reported that diet containing PKM without enzyme supplementation affects the relative size of some organs with relative reductions in the weights of such organs. A similar trend was observed with the liver as reported by Fasina et al (2004) and Odunsi et al (2006).…”

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“…Esuga et al (2008) fed broiler chickens with diets containing Palm kernel meal and enzyme; they observed significant variation in the breast, neck, drumstick, wings, head, gizzard and intestinal length but no trend was established. The lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and intestines were within the normal range reported for chickens, suggesting the absence of toxic effects by the treatments.…”

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Effects of different levels of date pits on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler chickens

Masoudi

Chaji

Bojarpour

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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The effect of date pits (DP) in diet of broiler chickens on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters was studied. A total of 192 day-old commercial broiler chickens were assigned randomly to four experimental diets containing 0, 10, 20, and 30% of DP kg(1 dry matter. All diets were isonitrogenous and isocaloric, and formulated according to nutrient requirements of poultry. The birds and feed of each treatment were weighted weekly. At 6 weeks of age, bleeding from cardiac puncture performed for serum biochemical analyses. DP significantly decreased final weight, average daily gain and feed consumption (p B0.05). Additionally 20 and 30% of date fibre caused a significant increase in the feed conversion ratio. DP caused a significant decrease in thigh and increase in heart weight, as percent of dressed weight, but had no significant effect on dressed weight and kitchen carcass weight, and percentage of breast, gizzard and liver. However, there was significant difference (p B0.05) in heart and thigh percentage between treatments. The diets had no significant effect on blood parameters including cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein and very low density lipoprotein (p!0.05). Blood glucose of birds fed diet containing 20% DP was significantly more than control diet (p B 0.05), but there was no significant difference with diet containing 30% DP (p !0.05). DP could provide a cheap source of feed to birds and using 10% had no negative effects on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters.

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Effects of different levels of date pits on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler chickens

Masoudi

Chaji

Bojarpour

et al. 2011

Journal of Applied Animal Research

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“…Palm kernel meal (PKM) is a common by-product from palm oil production, and is generally used as fodder for terrestrial animals (Esuga et al, 2008;Khadijat et al, 2012). In South-East Asian and African countries that are global leaders in the oil palm industry, PKM offers a cheap and readily available feed resource for use in fish feed formulations (Ng and Chen, 2002;.…”

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“…Enzyme supplementation (Ng and Chen, 2002) and fermentation by cellulolytic or cocktail enzymes (Esuga et al, 2008) have been used to improve qualities of PKM. The first method requires expensive commercially available enzymes, while the other methods are time consuming and include the risk of contamination by undesirable microbes.…”

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Effects of dietary modified palm kernel meal on growth, feed utilization, radical scavenging activity, carcass composition and muscle quality in sex reversed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

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“…The utilization of fibrous feed materials by monogastric animals has been considered a waste becausenon-starch polysaccharides (NSPs) have the potency to confer some anti-nutritive activities on such fibrous feed materials. It was revealed that most fibrous feed components found in PKC are NSP and beta-mannan [13,14]. In this way, poultry cannot easily make use of such feed components for proper digestibility.…”

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Biotechnological Upgrade of High Fibre-low Protein Industrial Plant By-products in Broiler Diets: Carcass and Organs Characteristics

Fasuyi

2020

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Aims: To explore the possibility of utilizing bio-fermented industrial plant by-products (composite mixture of fermented palm kernel meal, brewers dried grains and molasses) as supplementary crude protein source in broiler production. Study Design: Two hundred and eighty-eight (288) day old birds were picked and randomized into six treatments in a completely randomize designed experiment. Place and Duration of Study: Research study was carried out at the Teaching & Research Farm of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti between June and September, 2016. Methodology: The composite of the palm kernel meal (PKM), brewer dried grains (BDG) and molasses were prepared using a ratio of 50 L of water to 25 kg of PKM, 25 kg of BDG and 2.5 L of molasses. The fermented composite of palm kernel meal, brewer dried grains and molasses (PBMC) was dried before incorporation into experimental diets as protein supplement at 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35% inclusion levels in a completely randomized designed experiment. The control diet had no composite of PKM, BDG and molasses. At the end of the experiment, birds were randomly selected from the 6 treatments, weighed and sacrificed. After slaughtering, the carcasses were scalded at 55-60°C in water bath for 30 sec before de-feathering. The data collected were subjected to One Way Analysis of Variance using Minitab computer model (Version 16). The dressed chicks were eviscerated and some carcass cuts and weights of organs determined. Results: The live weight of broilers fed the diet 1 (control diet without PBMC) was statistically similar (P>0.05) to those obtained for broiler finisher birds fed 15, 20, 25 and 35% PBMC but significantly different (P<0.05) from broilers fed 30% PBMC, respectively. Similar results were obtained for the dressed and eviscerated weights. There were predominant similarities among the weights of the determined carcass cuts and internal organs. Conclusion: The use of PBMC can be safely practiced to further improve the utilization of PKM and BDG in poultry diets at a maximum inclusion level of 20%. This inclusion level supported carcass characteristics and standard weights of organs at the end of the finisher phase of broiler production.

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Evaluation of Enzyme (Maxigrain®) Supplementation of Graded Levels of Palm Kernel Meal (PKM) on the Performance of Broiler Chickens

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Effects of different levels of date pits on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler chickens

Effects of different levels of date pits on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler chickens

Effects of dietary modified palm kernel meal on growth, feed utilization, radical scavenging activity, carcass composition and muscle quality in sex reversed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Biotechnological Upgrade of High Fibre-low Protein Industrial Plant By-products in Broiler Diets: Carcass and Organs Characteristics

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