EFFECTS OF SESAME SEEDS MEAL SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE PRODUCTION ECONOMY OF BROILER CHICKENS

The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of sesame meal supplementation on the production economy of broiler chickens. The study used a total of one hundred- and fifty-day-old Anak 2000 white strain unsexed broiler chicks which were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments of thirty broiler chicks per treatment and replicated three times with ten birds per replicate in a completely randomized design (CRD). Five experimental diets were formulated with toasted white sesame seeds meal (TWSSM) supplemented methionine at 0%, 4%, 8%, 12% and 16% in diets. The growth performance of the birds at starter phase were not significantly different (P?0.05) across all the treatments. At the finisher phase, the average daily feed intake (ADFI) differs significantly (P?0.001) among the treatment groups, while the average daily weight gain (ADWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were similar. Feed cost (?431.49/kg gain) was higher in T5 (16%) TWSS while T2 (4%) TWSS had the lowest feed cost (?336. 54/kg gain). Thus, it was concluded that TWSSM could be a potential vegetables protein source for broiler chickens’ production and can be included in their diets at 4% as supplement for methionine without having effects on growth performance and equally reduces the cost of production.