The Use of Shrimp Head Waste Meals by Soaking with Dusk Rice Husk Solution in Broiler Diets

Abstract

The objective of this study was to measure the effect of substituting different levels of shrimp head waste meals (SHW) for fish meal (FM) in broiler diets. FM is sole crude protein from animal sources. A control fish meal broiler diet and four different levels of SHW substituted for crude protein FM were fed to CP 707 Arbor Acres broiler strains from day old chick to four weeks of age. The crude proteins FM were replaced with 0 (R0); 25 (R1); 50 (R2); 75 (R3); and 100 (R4) percent of crude protein SHW. The five treatments were assigned to completely randomized design. Feed consumption, body weight gain, feed conversion and carcass percentage were recorded to measure the performances. The results of Duncan’s revealed that feed consumption, feed conversion and carcass percentage were not significant with increasing level of SHW as substituted crude protein FM in broiler diets. However these parameters in bird fed 100 % SHW diets did not differ from those in bird fed 16 % FM (7.32% crude protein from FM). While body weight gain decreased with increasing levels of SHW in broiler diets (R4). The conclusion of this experiment that SHW can be used as a protein source in broiler diets up to 75 %. Keywords : Shrimp head waste meal, fish meal, substitution, broiler, performances