THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CALLIANDRA (Calliandra calothyrsus)LEAF MEAL ADDED TO COMMERCIAL RATION ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILERS

The study was conducted to determine the effects of different levels of Calliandra leaf meal on the feed consumption, live weight gain, and conversion ratio of Cobb Broiler as well as its economic return. The study was conducted at Mindanao State University-General Santos City from March 27,2019 to April 31, 2019. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) was used in the study with three treatments replicated three times. There were five birds in each replication. Treatments used in the study were 100% Commercial Chick Booster Mash (T1), 97.5%Commercial Chick Booster Mash with 2.5% Calliandra Leaf Meal(T2), and 95% Commercial Chick Booster Mash with 5% Calliandra Leaf Meal (T3). Birds fed with 5% CLM consumed the highest amount of feed of 3.69 kg per bird while birds fed without CLM and those fed with 2.5% CLM consumed the same amount of feed wherein both consumed 3.68 kg/bird. Birds fed without CLM gained 1.31 kg which was the highest while those fed with 2.5 % CLM gained 1.22 kg and those birds fed with 5% CLM gained 1.24 kg. Birds fed with 2.5% CLM had the poorest conversion of 3.02 while birds with feed conversion ratio of 2.81 were those fed without CLM and appeared to be the most efficient among the treatments and birds fed with 5%CLM had 2.98 feed conversion ratio. The statistical analysis for feed consumption, live weight gain, and feed conversion ratio showed a significant difference on the live weight gain. Meanwhile, there was no significant difference found in the feed consumption and feed conversion ratio among the treatments. The income over feed and chick costs of bird fed without CLM was Php 10.12 while for the birds fed with 2.5 and 5% were Php 1.71 and Php-4.01,respectively.