EFFECTS OF SUNDRIED SWEET ORANGE PEELS MEALS SUPPLEMENTED WITH QUANTUM BLUE® ENZYME ON APPARENT NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY OF BROILERS

Abstract

A 3x3 factorial experiment was used to evaluate the apparent nutrient digestibility of broilers chicksof 270 (Cobb 500) and were randomly allotted to 9 experimental diets which was replicated 3 times having 10 birds per replicate. Nine experimental diets were formulated to be isocaloric (3020.31 - 3075.35 Kcal/kg ME) and isonitrogenous (20.22 – 20.23 % crude protein) using Sundried Orange Peel (SDOP) meal at an inclusion levels of 0, 25 and 50% and three levels of enzyme, 0 100 and 200ppm. The birds were reared in a deep litter system for 8 weeks and fed with weighed amount of diets and watered at all time. Light and other standard routine management practices were strictly observed throughout the experimental period. At end of the feeding trail 2 birds from each replicates were selected and transferred to digestibility cages for faecal sample collection daily over a period of one week. The result showed no significant (P>0.05) different in all the apparent nutrients digestibility for SDOP and enzymes supplementation but significant (P<0.05) reduction for DM, EE
and ash were observed due to interaction of SDOP and enzymes supplementation. It is concluded that sundried sweet orange peels and enzymes supplementation had no negative effect on the nutrient digestibility of broiler finisher birds.