Descriptors :
Feed conversion,Citrus pulp,Body weight,Broiler performance,Lime pulp
Abstract :
In a 2-stage experiment,144 day - old broiler chicks were equally divided into three groups.During the first 4 wk of life (stage 1)each group was fed with 1 of the 3 diets:1 (control), 2 (containing 5,lime,Citrus aurantifolia Swing.,pulp) and 3 (containing 10,lime pulp).During the last 2 wk of the experiment (stage 2)all groups were fed a finidher diet.Growth rate and feed consumption of the chicks fed diets 1 and 2 were not different (P<0.01) during either of the 2 stages.Although the chicks which had previously been fed diet 3 showed tremendous compensatory growth during the second stage of the experiment,overall,they grew the least.
