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TY - JOUR AU - DAFWANG, I. I. AU - SHWARMEN, E. B. N. PY - 2021/01/10 Y2 - 2026/08/08 TI - UTILIZATION OF RICE OFFAL IN PRACTICAL RATIONS FOR BROILER CHICKS JF - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production JA - NJAP VL - 23 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.51791/njap.v23i1.2031 UR - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/2031 SP - 21 - 23 AB - <p><strong>Rice offal</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>a b</strong><strong>y</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>product </strong><strong>of r</strong><strong>ice </strong><strong>processing</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>w</strong><strong>as </strong><strong>fed </strong><strong>at </strong><strong>graded </strong><strong>levels </strong><strong>of </strong><strong>0</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>5</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>10,15 </strong><strong>and </strong><strong>20% to</strong> <strong>1800 </strong><strong>broiler </strong><strong>chicks </strong><strong>fr</strong><strong>o</strong><strong>m </strong><strong>3</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>6 </strong><strong>weeks </strong><strong>old </strong><strong>in </strong><strong>two</strong> <strong>experiments</strong><strong>. </strong><strong>In experiment </strong><strong>1</strong><strong>, Weight </strong><strong>gains</strong> <strong>w</strong><strong>ere </strong><strong>s</strong><strong>ignificantly depresse</strong><strong>d </strong><strong>by th</strong><strong>e </strong><strong>r</strong><strong>ice </strong><strong>and </strong><strong><em>2</em></strong><strong>0</strong><strong>% </strong><strong>for </strong><strong>layers</strong><strong>. </strong><strong>offal</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>con</strong><strong>taining </strong><strong>diets </strong><strong>except for </strong><strong>one ration</strong> <strong>10</strong><strong>% </strong><strong>rice </strong><strong>offal which </strong><strong>gave </strong><strong>growth performance </strong><strong> </strong><strong>co</strong><strong>mparable </strong><strong>to </strong><strong>those </strong><strong>obtained </strong><strong>with </strong><strong>the </strong><strong>control</strong> <strong>diets</strong><strong>. </strong><strong>In </strong><strong>the </strong><strong>second </strong><strong>experiment, however</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>growth</strong> <strong>performance </strong><strong>on </strong><strong>rations </strong><strong>containing </strong><strong>0</strong><strong>,</strong><strong>5 </strong><strong>and 10% is usually</strong><strong> discarded </strong><strong>as </strong><strong>a </strong><strong>waste </strong><strong>product</strong><strong>. </strong><strong>Most </strong><strong>r</strong><strong>ice </strong><strong>of</strong><strong>f</strong><strong>al were </strong><strong>simil</strong><strong>ar for </strong><strong>a</strong><strong>ll </strong><strong>parameters</strong> <strong>measured</strong><strong>. It was concluded that</strong> <strong>rice </strong><strong>offal </strong><strong>can</strong> <strong>be </strong><strong>fed </strong><strong>successfully </strong><strong>to </strong><strong>broiler </strong><strong>chicks </strong><strong>at </strong><strong>dietary </strong><strong>feeding</strong> <strong>levels </strong><strong>of </strong><strong>up </strong><strong>to </strong><strong>10</strong><strong>% without </strong><strong>adverse effects on</strong> <strong>growth </strong><strong>performance</strong><strong>. </strong></p> ER -