Comparative evaluation of five commercial broiler feeds on carcass traits in Indonesia

Abstract

The research aimed to evaluate effect of various commercial feeds on broiler carcass traits. Three hundred unsexed DOC broilers Cobb strain with body weight of 46.68 ± 0.86 g were allocated in completely randomized design with 5 treatments and 6 replications. The treatments applied were providing commercial feed from 5 different producing companies in Indonesia, including prestarter, starter and finisher, produced during 2022 and used by partnership companies as follows: Commercial feed produced by companies A, B, C, D and E. Maintenance carried out according to the partnership company's SOP. Data collection was carried out at 29 days. Parameters observed included carcass production (live weight, carcass weight and percentage, breast meat percentage, non-carcass weight and percentage, abdominal fat percentage), and carcass quality (carcass grade, whole carcass price, total feed costs and Gross Carcass Profit (GCP). Obtained data were analysed for variance. Commercial feed of companies A and D produced significantly higher breast meat percentage (P<0.05) than feed from company B. On the other hand, the commercial feed of company B produced significantly higher abdominal fat percentage (P <0.05) compared to other commercial feeds. Live weight, weight and percentage of carcasses and non-carcasses were not significantly influenced by treatments (P>0.05). Feeding commercial feeds from companies A and D significantly resulted in higher GCP (P<0.05) compared to feed from company B. Providing commercial feed B and C resulted in a significantly higher total feed cost (P<0.05) compared to feed from companies A, D, and E. Whole carcasses price and grade were not significantly influenced by treatments (P> 0.05). It could be concluded that commercial feed produced by companies A and D provides the best results for broiler carcass traits.