Effects of Replacing Maize with Enset (Ensete ventricosum) Corm on Growth, Carcass, Blood Heamatology, and Biochemistry of Broiler Chicken

A total of 192 day-old unsexed broiler chicks were randomly and equally distributed in to 12 pens and used to evaluate the effects of replacing maize with enset corm on feed intake, body weight gain, carcass characteristics, blood hematology and biochemistry. Treatments were dietary levels of enset corm at 0% (T1), 15% (T2), 30% (T3) and 45% (T4) to replace maize by weight. Isocaloric and isonitrogenous starter and finisher rations were prepared and used for 42 days trial at Haramaya University. Four broilers (2 from each sex) were randomly taken from each pen and slaughtered for carcass evaluation. Daily dry matter intake during the entire period of the study ranged from 86.9 to 90 g/bird and was significantly (p0.05) among the treatments except alkaline phosphatase (ALP) which was significantly higher (p
East African Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2018): East African Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences