International Journal of Animal Science, Husbandry and Livestock Production ISSN: 2141-5191 Vol. 6(3), pp. 298-302, April, 2020.© Advanced Scholars Journals

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Carcass characteristics and internal organs of Finisher broilers fed raw pride of Barbados (Caesalpinapulcherrima) seed meal

 Ogunbode AA* and Shittu SO

Department of Animal Production Technology, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria

Faculty of Animal and Fisheries Technology, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria

*Corresponding author Email:[email protected]

 Accepted 28 March, 2020.

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The carcass characteristic and organ weight of broiler chicken fed raw pride of Barbados seed meal was investigated using seventy-two marshal broiler chicken. The birds were allotted into four dietary treatments having three replicate and eighteen birds per treatment in a completely randomized experiment. Four isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets were formulated. Diet one was soya bean based (control) while diet two, three and four contained graded levels of raw pride of Barbados seed meal at (5%, 10% and 15%) inclusion levels respectively. At the end of the four weeks, two birds per replicate were used for carcass analysis and organ weight expressed as percentage of dressed weight. There were significant variation (p<0.05) in the values of all the parameters. Live weight (1860.00-1930.00g), dressed weight (1360.00-1430.00g), plucked weight (73.12-74.60g), dressing percentage (73.12-74.60g), drumstick (5.06-6.14g), thigh (5.57-7.20g), breast (17.20-21.54g), back (12.83-13.80g), head (2.87-3.15g), neck(4.94-6.74g), wing (4.87-5.96g), abdominal fat (1.27-1.22g), liver (1.98-2.49g), kidney (0.68-0.78g),heart (0.53-0.61g) and whole gizzard (3.28-4.26g). Higher values were recorded in diet T2 (5% level of inclusion of raw pride of Barbados seed meal) than all other treatments and the least value was recorded in diet T4 (15% inclusion level of raw pride of Barbados seed meal). From this study, inclusion of raw pride of Barbados seed meal in broiler ration was found to be beneficial at 5%.

Keywords: Carcass, finisher broilers, marshall, organ, pride of barbados, raw.