Effects of feeding cassava pulp fermented with Acremonium charticola on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality of broiler chicks

• DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v47i2.4
• Publication Date: 2017-03-07T09:25:17Z
• Authors: S. Sugiharto; T. Yudiarti; I. Isroli; E. Widiastuti; F.D. Putra
• Keywords: Amen

Cassava pulp is an energy-rich by-product of the tapioca industry, and known as a good media for growing filamentous fungi. It may therefore be not only alternative to maize in poultry diets, but also carrier beneficial This study aimed investigate effects dietary inclusion fungus Acremonium charticola (grown A. charticola-fermented cassava pulp) (AC-FCP), with or without antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs), on performance, nutrient digestibility, meat quality broiler chicks. A total 192 chicks were assigned one four treatments, including control diet (maize-soybean-meal-based diet), + AGPs (neomycin) (0.0003% AC-FCP (containing 16% AC-FCP), AGPs. There was tendency towards lower feed costs per kilogram live bodyweight (BW) gain than birds. The birds fed had greater spleen relative weight diets containing heavier ileum caecum, tended have smaller livers 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) percentage inhibition values lowest highest birds, respectively. breast crude protein content that other experimental groups. In conclusion, reduced cost AC-FCP) seems play important role increasing spleen, alleviating oxidative stress, muscle chicks.______________________________________________________________________________________Keywords: pulp, broilers, growth, characteristics, stress