Performance of broiler chickens fed skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) gills meal as a replacement in several levels and methods for fish meal

Abstract

Leke JR, Widyastuti T, Mandey JS, Najoan M, Laihad J. 2015. The performance of broiler chickens fed skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) gills meal as a replacement in several levels and methods for fish meal. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1: 771-775. The research was conducted to evaluate the performance of broiler chickens fed skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis L.) gills meal as a replacement for fish meal. Five diets were formulated such that skipjack gills meal in three methods of processing (sun-dried, steamed and boiled) replaced fish meal at 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12% levels. The 225 day-old broiler chicks (Arbor acres CP 707) were divided into five treatments and three processing methods, each with three replications, so there were 45 pens (5 birds per pen). The diets were compounded to be 22% protein and 3200 kcal/kg ME. The chicks were randomly allotted to treatments in a completely randomized design with the factorial pattern. Effects on production results were evaluated by live weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion. The results showed that there was no interaction between the methods of processing (factor B) and the levels of skipjack gills meal (factor A) and that there were no significant (P>0.05) differences in live weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion between the treatment means of skipjack gills levels. However, live weight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion were significantly (P<0.05) affected by the processing method of skipjack gills. This result showed that the skipjack gills meal could be used to substitute the fish meal in the diets of broiler without any adverse effect on growth performance.