Abstract
Summary The aim of this study was to examine the effect of sesame seed hulls supplementation in broiler chicken diets, on performance, carcass traits and meat lipid oxidation. One hundred fifty 1-day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to three treatment groups with five replications of ten birds. They were fed on isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets containing either 0%, 5% or 10% sesame seed hulls until day 42. Final live weight was significantly higher for the birds fed 10% sesame seed hulls, compared to the other two groups, whereas growth rate, feed conversion ratio and mortality were not affected. Carcass dressing percentage, meat and bone percentage, and meat chemical composition did not differ between the groups. Also, meat resistance to lipid oxidation after 3 days of refrigeration, measured as thiobarbituric acid reacting substances (TBARS), was not affected. Therefore, sesame seed hulls can be used in broiler feed up to 10% with possible benefits on animal performance, and without any negative effects on carcass and meat quality.
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