LOW TANNIN SORGHUM UTILIZATION IN BROILERS FEED

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of low tannin sorghum in broiler performance, carcass lipid deposition and carcass performance. Fifty hundred and ten Cobb male 1-day old chicks were raised up to 42 days of ag. The experimental diets were formulated based on corn and sorghum in substitution to the corn at levels of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%. The broilers had been weighted for productive performance analysis and killed for carcass performance and carcass lipid deposition evaluation. These parameters did not show statistics differences between treatments. The total cholesterol plasm levels and carcass lipid deposition were lower in 75% substitution treatment than the others. The results of this study have revealed that sorghum low tannin inclusion in broilers diets did not affect the birds performance and decreased the total cholesterol plasm levels and carcass lipid deposition