Effect of Different Levels of Safflower Cake on the Performance of Broiler Chicks

Day old 240 broiler chicks divided into four groups were fed isoproteinous and isocaloric ration having 0, 10, 20 and 30% safflower cake. In 9 weeks trial, the body weight gain was 222.40, 276.97, 277.99 and 276.77g, feed conversion ratio 3.90, 4.06, 3.91 and 4.10 kg/chick and performance index was 57.02, 68.21, 71.09 and 67.50 in the four groups, respectively. The dry matter digestibility was 50.75, 54.44, 52.82 and 51.15%, protein efficiency ratio was 1.27, 1.21, 1.26 and 1.21 and efficiency of energy utilization was 9.56, 9.35, 9.25 and 9.85 Kcal/g weight gain, respectively in the four groups. The cost of ration per unit gain of body weight was minimum (Rs. 16.46) in control group.