Infertile egg powder as a potential feedstuff for starter broilers

Abstract

Abstract Infertile egg powder (IEP) contains a high nutrient content, particularly protein, thus it is potential to be utilized as a feedstuff. The objective of this study was to investigate the utilization of IEP as a feedstuff for starter broilers. This study used 196 one-day-old male broilers which were randomly allocated to four treatments in a completely radomized design with 7 replicates of 7 birds. The four dietary treatments included: basal diet (T0), 96% basal diet + 4% IEP (T1), 94% basal diet + 6% IEP (T2), and 92% basal diet + 8% IEP (T3). The diets were provided ad libitum. The variables were the feed intake, growth performances and feed cost. The data were subjected to analysis of variance and continued with Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. Feeding with T1, T2 and T3 did not affect the feed intake. However, T2 showed higher protein intake, while T2 and T3 showed higher energy intake than T0 (P<0.05). The IEP increased birds’ average daily gain and feed efficiency (P<0.01). The T1, T2 and T3 treatments yielded lower feed cost. It can be concluded that IEP can be utilized as feedstuff for starter broilers as indicated by improvement in growth performances.