Effect of Replacement Levels of Maize with Plantain Peel in Broiler Finisher Diet

The experiment was carried out to evaluate the response of broiler finisher birds fed diets with different levels of plantain peel (pp) compounded to replace maize at 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% to form treatment diets 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. One hundred and fifty 4 week old broiler birds of Anak strain were allocated in a completely randomized design into five treatment groups. The experiment lasted for 8 weeks with feed and water provided ad libitum. Results showed significant difference in birds’ growth performance. Birds in treatment 3 showed the most superior (P<0.05) daily body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and final body weight, followed by treatments 2, 4 and 5. The daily feed intake showed a reversed trend as birds consumption significantly (P<0.05) improved as maize increased in the diet, with the highest (P<0.05) intake recorded for birds in T, (100% maize) while the least value was for birds in T5 (100%pp). The least cost per Kg of feed was obtained from diet (T5), it decreased as the plantain peel meal increased in the diet. The use of plantain peel in broiler finisher diet should be encouraged as it gave promising results.