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RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (RJPST )

E-ISSN 2579-0536
P-ISSN 2695-2696
VOL. 8 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/rjpst.vol.8.no2.2025.pg122.130

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Investigation of Usefulness of Food Waste as A Source of Broiler Chicken Feed

Idowu Florence And OO Esther Onawumi

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Abstract

The management of food waste is a significant issue in many countries, with a large portion of edible food being discarded instead of being consumed [1]. These wastes, have contributed to the environmental problems [2]. There is a need to find a way of converting this waste into useful materials to overcome the environmental problems[3]. Therefore, this study is designed to convert some food wastes into broiler chicken feed. Food-waste used includes banana and pineapple peels, cray fish wastes, egg shell, and groundnut cake crumbs, were collected at under G area, of LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Theywere sorted, dried, and ground into fine particle. The wastes was formulated into chicken feed in ratio (3:1:2:2:2), (5:2:1:1:0.5). The commercial feed which contain maize, soy bean meal, palm kernel cake, wheat bran, fish meal,blood meal and oyster shell. Was used as control feed measured by weighing 100g of commercial feed per day. Proximate analysis was carried out for the formulated and controlled samples. The formulated feeds were portioned into two, and the controlled feed was also introduced as the third portion. The broiler chicks were fed and weighed weekly with the control and formulated feed.The level of crude protein(CP), crude fat (CF), ether extracts (EE) and ash content (AC), were observed to be higher than controlled sample.The broiler chicken which were fed with the formulated feed were observed to be more agile, active, and taller, than the controlled chicken, but not as fat as the control broiler chicken. There was no record of mortality from the broiler fed with formulated feed. The carcass yield, which is a critical factor in broiler chickens production for the samples, was found in the range of 81-87%. It can be concluded that the formulated feed from the food waste is a potential chicken feed.

keywords:

Food waste; Broiler chicken feed; Proximate analysis

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