Effect of adding local and Egyptian palm pollen to broiler feed on some productive traits

Abstract

This study was conducted in the poultry fields of the Animal Production Unit /College of Agriculture / Hawija - Kirkuk University, for the period from 3/22 to2/5/2021 to find out the effect of adding Iraqi palm pollen compared to Egyptian inbroiler diets Rose 308 on some productive traits for a period of 42 days. has been used400 unsexed Rose308 chicks were used divided into 8 treatments by 5 replicates, eachtreatment includes 50 as 10 chicks for each replicate according to the ground breedingsystem, a ground cage with dimensions (90 * 200) cm, and they were randomlydistributed on the following treatments: - The first treatment was a control treatmentwithout any addition to the fodder. The second and third treatments included the additionof 1 and 2 kg / ton of fodder from local palm pollen, while the fourth and fifth treatmentadded 1 and 2 kg / ton of fodder from Egyptian palm pollen. The sixth treatment wasthe addition of 1 kg of local palm pollen. / ton of fodder +1 kg of Egyptian palm pollen/ ton of fodder as well as the seventh treatment 1 kg of local palm pollen / ton of fodder+ 2 kg of Egyptian palm pollen / ton of fodder and the eighth was the addition of 2 kgof local palm pollen / ton of fodder +1 kg of Egyptian palm pollen / ton of fodder. heresults showed a significant superiority at the level (P<0.05) in the average body weightand weight gain of the three treated birds compared with the rest of the treatments at thefourth, fifth and sixth weeks, in addition to the cumulative weight gain, and a significantimprovement was found at the level (P<0.05) in the coefficient of Nutritional conversionand a significant decrease in the amount of feed consumed by the birds of the sametreatment. We conclude from the current study that palm pollen has a positive effect inincreasing the weight rates of birds as well as improving its productive qualities

Keywords

• palm pollen
• productive traits
• broilers