BABASSU MEAL IN FINISHING BROILERS FOODER: PERFOMANCE, CARCASS YIELD AND ECONOMICAL EVALUATION

Authors

  • Alberto Pontes Mariano Carneiro Agropécuaria Rancho King
  • Leonardo Augusto Fonseca Pascoal Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Pedro Henrique Watanabe Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Isabelle Batista Santos Faculdade de Imperatriz
  • Jane Mello Lopes Faculdade de Imperatriz
  • Janaina de Cássia Braga Arruda Faculdade de Imperatriz

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Produção de Aves

Abstract

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of  babassu meal inclusion (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12%) in diets with  corn and soybean meal for broilers of 21 to 42 days of age on the productive performance, carcass yield and economic evaluation. 300 Hubbard lineage broilers (both genders) were accommodate and distributed in completely randomized design with five treatments (0, 3, 6 and 9 and 12%) and five replicates of 12 animals (6 of each gender) for experimental unit. The inclusion of up to 12% of babassu meal in the diets did not decrease the performance variables (ration consumption, weight daily gain and feed conversion), neither affecting the weight at 42 days of age and the carcass yield (P>0.05). However, the gross and net incomes reflect the use of babassu meal can be advantageous in periods when corn and soybean meal prices were high, including in up to 6% in broilers’ diets of the 21 to 42 days of age.

KEY WORDS: Babassu, broiler, economy, production.

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Published

2009-04-02

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CARNEIRO, Alberto Pontes Mariano; PASCOAL, Leonardo Augusto Fonseca; WATANABE, Pedro Henrique; SANTOS, Isabelle Batista; LOPES, Jane Mello; ARRUDA, Janaina de Cássia Braga. BABASSU MEAL IN FINISHING BROILERS FOODER: PERFOMANCE, CARCASS YIELD AND ECONOMICAL EVALUATION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 1, p. 40–47, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1034. Acesso em: 14 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2009)

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Animal Production

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