Effect of replacing soybean meal with millet brewers waste as a feed ingredient on feed intake and weight gain in broiler chicken

Abstract

An analytical, experimental and quantitative study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of replacing soybean meal with millet brewers waste on the feed intake and weight gain in broiler chicken in Pamba ward Soroti city west in Soroti city. A total of 90 broiler chicks were used in the study. The experiment, involved a control diet (T I) and four other experimental treatment groups of chicks. The control group (T I) was raised on feed without brewers’ waste while the experimental groups (T II, T III, T IV and T V) were subjected to the feeds containing millet brewers' waste at the inclusion rates of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% respectively for a period of twenty-eight days. In this experiment it was observed that the feed intake in birds in the treatment groups (T II, T III, T IV and T V) were comparable to those of the control group (T I) although it was slightly higher in the control treatment (T I). Average feed intake and Average weight gains in the treatment groups were assessed regularly. It was found out that the Average feed intake and average weight gain in the control group was higher than in other experimental groups although all the birds continued to feed normally. Least significant difference was seen in all production parameters between the control and 10%, 20%, and 30% millet brewer’s inclusion treatments. This study therefore demonstrated that including up to 30 % level of millet brewers waste did not adversely affect feed intake and body weight gain in broiler chickens. Hence, it can be recommended that farmers and feed millers use millet brewers waste up to 30% as a replacement for soybean meal in broiler chicken diets.