THE FEEDING VALUE OF PALM KERNEL CAKE FOR BROILERS

MOHD. YUSOFF BIN AHMAD

SUMMARY

The study was conducted to evaluate the nutritive value of palm kernel cake (PKC) in broiler ration. The experiment was carried out using isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% PKC. A total of 240 ANS broiler chicks were fed diets from 15 to 56 days of stage. Liveweight gain and feed conversion were significantly different among the dietry treatments, the lowest level of PKC giving the best growth rate and feed efficiency. Feed intake and dressing percentage were not significantly influenced by dietry treatments. Birds consumed least on ration containing 30% PKC. Percentage of fat and skin tended to desrease and that of lean meat increased as the level of PKC increased: only the differences for lean meat percentage were however significant. Cost per kg feed increased and net profit decreased as increasing maize fraction was replaced by PKC. There was no economic advantage of using PKC over maize soybean meal 

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