Effect of Adding Whole Dried Egg Powder in the Diet on Broiler Live Growth Performance

Abstract

This study was carried out in order to make use of the nutritious eggs components by drying the eggs and introducing them in broiler diets to improve the productive performance. The eggs used in this experiment are eggs that aren’t desired by the consumer due to poor storage in inappropriate conditions in stores or shops, as well as eggs suspected of being infected with some pathogens. The eggs were collected from commercial stores and dried according to Al-Harthi (2011) modified method by using an electric oven at 170 Cº in multiple stages. Two hundred twenty four unsexed one-day-old broilers (Ross 308) were bred in batteries for 6 weeks. The broilers were randomly distributed at four treatments (0, 40, 60 and 100) grams of dried eggs / Kg feed at four replications. The characteristics of productive performance, including body weight, feed consumption, weight gain, food conversion factor, mortality rate, relative growth rate as well as the productive efficiency factorwere taken for the periods 0-21, 22-42 and 0-42 days. The results showed that adding 100 grams of dried eggs/Kg feed treatment achieved a significant increase in body weight during the weeks of the experiment. Conclusion was made that adding 100 grams of dried eggs/ Kg feed to diets achieve an improvement in productive performance of broilers for 42 days.