title: Dried papaya skin as a dietary ingredient for broiler chickens.
abstract: The chemical composition of dried papaya (Carica papaya) skin (DPS) was determined and its potential as a dietary ingredient for broiler chickens was investigated at dietary concentrations of 0, 40, 80 and 120g/kg. DPS was found to give similar food consumption, food conversion efficiency, survivability and meat yields (except male liver weight) to a control diet when used up to 120 g/kg of diet. Weight gain tended to increase with dietary concentration of DPS up to 80 g/kg. It was concluded that DPS could safely be used up to 120 g/kg in the diet of broiler chickens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamaruzzaman
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Podder
authors.forename: M A H
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pramanik
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D029441:Carica / Q000737:chemistry; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet