Effect of Different Levels of Grape Pomace on Performance Broiler Chicks

The present trial was conducted to investigate the effect of grape pomace on perf01mance in broiler chicks. A total of 450 day-old mixed sex broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly allotted to 6 dietaty treatments with 5 replicates of 15 birds in a completely randomized design. Dietary treatments consisted of a control diet and diets contain in 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15% grape pomace which fed during a 39 d trial period. Average daily feed intake (ADFI), average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were measmed dming starter (10-25 d), grower (25- 36 d) and fmisher (36-49 d) phases. Results of this study indicated that experimental treatments had significant effect on ADFI of broiler chickens in statter phase (P<0.05). In this regard, there were no significant differences between birds fed control diet and birds fed diets supplemented with grapepomace. Also Dietary inclusion of 3% grape pomace was shown too resulted in the highest (P<0.01) da.ily gain statter (10-25 d) trial period. Experimental treatments had significant effect on FCR of broiler chickens in starter, grower (p<0.01), fmisher (P<0.05) and during trial period (p<0.001) phases. The best FCR was obsetved for treatment containing 3% grape pomace and control. From the present results, it seems that dietaty utilization of grape pomace could improve growth performance and feed efficiency

Effect of Different Levels of Grape Pomace on Performance Broiler Chicks Keywords:

Broilers chicks , Grape pomace and Perf01mance