THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FERMENTED CATTLE BLOOD MEAL IN HOME-MADE RATIONS ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILERS

The study on the growth performance of Cobb broilers fed with different levels of fermented cattle blood meal in home-made rations was conducted at College of Agriculture poultry project ,Mindanao State University, Fatima, General Santos City from September 27 to November 1,2016 to determine the growth performance of cobb broiler chickens in terms of feed consumption, live weight gain, feed conversion ratio, mortality rate and income over feed and chick cost. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments replicated three times, treatments used were Commercial ration (T1), Home-made ration (T2),97.5% Home-made ration with 2.5% fermented cattle blood meal(T3),95% Home-made ration with 5% fermented cattle blood meal (T4). The study revealed a significant difference among treatments on feed conversion ratio with 1.51kg in commercial ration, 1.83kg in home-made ration, 1.79kg in home- made with 2.5% FCBM, 1.99kg in home-made with 5% FCBM of feed to convert per kg live weight gain. Live weight gain with 1.56kg in commercial ration, 1.31kg in home- made ration, 1.36kg in home-made with 2.5% FCBM and 1.24kg in home-made with 5% FCBM. Meanwhile, the differences among treatments on feed consumption was found out not significant. However, the IOFCC of birds provided with 100% commercial ration gained the highest economic return of Php 52.41 per bird, Php 45.58(T3), Php 41.03 (T2) and Php 32.50(T4).The study on the growth performance of Cobb broilers fed with different levels of fermented cattle blood meal in home-made rations was conducted at College of Agriculture poultry project ,Mindanao State University, Fatima, General Santos City from September 27 to November 1,2016 to determine the growth performance of cobb broiler chickens in terms of feed consumption, live weight gain, feed conversion ratio, mortality rate and income over feed and chick cost. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments replicated three times, treatments used were Commercial ration (T1), Home-made ration (T2),97.5% Home-made ration with 2.5% fermented cattle blood meal(T3),95% Home-made ration with 5% fermented cattle blood meal (T4). The study revealed a significant difference among treatments on feed conversion ratio with 1.51kg in commercial ration, 1.83kg in home-made ration, 1.79kg in home- made with 2.5% FCBM, 1.99kg in home-made with 5% FCBM of feed to convert per kg live weight gain. Live weight gain with 1.56kg in commercial ration, 1.31kg in home- made ration, 1.36kg in home-made with 2.5% FCBM and 1.24kg in home-made with 5% FCBM. Meanwhile, the differences among treatments on feed consumption was found out not significant. However, the IOFCC of birds provided with 100% commercial ration gained the highest economic return of Php 52.41 per bird, Php 45.58(T3), Php 41.03 (T2) and Php 32.50(T4).