THE EFFECTS OF FISH AMINO ACID (FAA)ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILERS

The effects of fish amino acid (FAA) on the growth performance of cobb broilers was conducted to specifically evaluate the feed consump, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, water intake, mortality rate and income over feed and chick cost from September 27, 2016 to November 1,2016 at the College of Agriculture Poultry Project, Mindanao State University, Fatima, General Santos City. The study was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD). A total of 36 heads Cobb broilers were distributed to three treatments, T1 (control), T2 (2% FAA) and T3(4% FAA) with three replications and four birds assigned to each replicate. Results of the study showed that different levels of fish amino acid (FAA) has highly significant effect on water intake but no significant effects in terms of live weight gain feed conversion ratio and feed consumed. It has been observed that the birds given 0% FAA gave the highest IOFCC （P57.648), followed by birds given 4% FAA (P46.30) and lastly, birds given 2% FAA obtained the lowest IOFCC of P44.07.