DOI: https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/26.3.4649
Original scientific paper
Effects of the inclusion of crude palm oil and palm kernel meal on broiler performance and chicken meat texture
2025, 26 (3) p. 592-605
Wan Nooraida Wan Mohamed, Abidah MD NOH, Nur Atikah IBRAHIM, Saminathan MOOKIAH
Abstract
Agricultural by-products are abundantly available and cost-effective feed materials that could replace conventional feed grains for poultry production. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of broilers fed with formulations containing crude palm oil and palm kernel meal as compared to commercial feed, as well as the texture of the chicken meat produced. A total of 900 mixed-sex day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were divided into two groups in two closed-house systems, each fed with one of two treatments: feed with crude palm oil and palm kernel meal inclusion (T1) or commercial feed (T2). The feeding trial lasted for 35 days. The results showed that T1-fed broilers had a lower feed intake than T2-fed broilers, while their weight gain was higher than that of T2-fed broilers, which resulted in a better feed conversion ratio in the T1 group of 1.32 than that of the T2 group of 1.40 over the entire period (1-35 days). The broiler performance index was above the minimum acceptable level of 270 for both groups. The fine percentage of the T1 group was significantly lower (P<0.05) compared to the T2 group. Meanwhile, no significant differences (P>0.05) were observed in the texture evaluation of raw and baked chicken meat samples between the T1 and T2 groups. This study highlighted that broiler feed formulations can use locally available feedstuffs, such as crude palm oil and palm kernel meal, as an alternative to conventional imported feed ingredients, with good overall broiler performance and chicken meat texture.
Keywords
feed conversion ratio, fines test, growth performance, meat quality, poultry
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