COMPARISON OF PALM OH& AND ANHMAI, FAY 1N BROILER DIET

Abstract

Palm oil and broiler offal fat were compared for improving broiler diet by including them (at 5 or 10% in the diets of 400 day-old Anate broiler chicks randomized to duplicate groups of the dietary treatments. Broiler offal fat at 5%, and 10%, palm oil produced
signifisantly (P 0.05) heavier 4 - week old chiclts but at 8 weeks of age only broilers given 5 % palm oil and 5% offal fat weighed significantly (P s 0.05) more than the others. Feed sonsumptisn, mortality and body composition appeared unaffected. The animal fat
therefore appeared a good substitute for palm oil in spite of the better qualities of the latter. Effects of palm oil might partly be due to fat soluble vitamins rather than dietary energy alone. Palm oil is an expensive vegetable oil in Nigeria; and it might be substituted with animal fat if the two are comparable.