Iranian Journal of Animal Science Research

Iranian Journal of Animal Science Research

The effect of macaroni waste on performance of native turkeys in 3-8 week age

Document Type : Scientific - Research Articles

Authors
1 Islamic Azad University, Kaleybar Branch
2 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
4 Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract
One experiment was conducted in order to evaluate four levels of macaroni waste including: 0, 10, 20 and 30 percentage in
growing turkey feed in a completely randomized design (CRD) with 120 local turkey including 3 replicates in 12 pens.
During the experiment (3-8 weeks), turkeys received feed and water of free access. Weight gain, feed consumption and feed
efficiency were measured weekly. Different levels of macaroni waste had no significant effects on feed consumption, but
level of 20 percentage of macaroni waste had lowest feed consumption (2072.91gram). Weight gain and feed efficiency were
significantly (P
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  • Receive Date 26 October 2009
  • First Publish Date 26 October 2009