Effect of Anerobic fermentation / lyle treatment and roasting of flamboyant (Delonix regia) seed on nutrient digestibility and carcass characteristic of broilers

Abstract

an experiment was conducted to evaluate nutrient digestibility and carcass characteristics of broilers following the replacement of groundnut cake (GNC) with anaerobically fermented/lyle treated flamboyant seed meal (AFLTFSM) and roasted flamboyant seed meal (RFSM) at the rate of5% and 7.5%. One hundred ' ' randomly allotted to six dietary treatments each with three replicates Wre designated as T„ T„ T„ T„ T} and T6. The experinSd^!gnTsed ^be^ randomized design. Results showed that dry matter (DM), crude protein friP) crude nh^ rrm ether extract (EE) ash and Nitrogen free extract (NFE) were significantly afferL(f<0.05) b^'e treatments at both phases of the expenment. Apart from the DM and CP, all the other mMerts Were pooriy drgested at the starter phase ofthe experiment, while there was animpm^nUn nutnent drgestiMityatthe^rshenphase^ Live weight, slaughter weight, head, crop, intestine and lungs were also affected (p<0.05) by the treatment diets. It was concluded that anaerobically fermented/lyle treated flamboyant seed meal and roasted flamboyant seed meat has potential of being used as a feed ingredient in broiler production.