Dragonfruit (Hylocerus undatus) stem meal supplementation in broilers / by Gregory John B. Espedido, Jose Arnel O. Reyes, and Kevin Mathew P. Roderno.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2009. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xii, 73 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
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- 635.513 Es6 2009
- Science High School, College of Education (CED)
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Research Study (Science High School) Cavite State University
Includes bibliographical references.
Science High School, College of Education (CED)
ESPEDIDO, GREGORY JOHN B., RODERNO KEVIN MATTHEW P., and REYES JOSE ARNEL O., DRAGONFRUIT (Hylocereus undatus) STEM MEAL SUPPLEMENTATION IN BROILERS. Research Study. Applied Research IIL, College of Education, Cavite State University Science High School, Indang, Cavite, April 2009. Adviser: Prof. Mariedel M. Autriz.
The study entitled “Dragon Fruit Stem Meal Supplementation in Broilers,” aimed to determine the effect of dragonfruit stem meal on growth performance of broilers and to describe the sensory properties of broilers across treatment. This was conducted in order to determine the effect of dragonfruit stem meal on broilers in terms of body weight, feed consumption, feed conversion efficiency, weight of internal organs and mortality rate; determine the level of trimmed immature dragon fruit stems most beneficial to broilers in terms of growth performance; describe the sensory properties of broiler meat supplemented with different levels of dragonfruit stem meal; and analyze the nutritional composition of dragon fruit stem meal.
The study prepared four treatments replicated 3 times. T1 contained 95 % commercial feeds + 5 % dragonfruit stem meal; T2 contained 90 % commercial feeds + 10 % dragonfruit stem meal; T3 contained 85 % commercial feeds + 15 % dragonfruit stem meal; and T4 contained 100% commercial feeds.
In the conduct of the study, the trimmed immature dragon fruit stems were gathered and cleaned. The stems were shredded followed by sun drying. After being sun dried, a 200 gram sample was subjected to chemical analysis at the Department of Agriculture Regional Animal Feed Laboratory to determine the nutrient contents of the feed supplement. Then large amount of sun dried stems were ground. Then the supplementation process took place. The dragon fruit stem supplement was mixed with the commercial feed and varied depending on the treatment. After the termination of the experiment, data were gathered. Data gathered were: body weight, feed consumption, feed conversion efficiency, weight of internal organs and mortality rate.
Using the questionnaires, the broiler meat was evaluated by 25 panelists. It showed that all treatments were perceived by the panelist as moderately acceptable.
In terms of the body weight, feed conversion ratio, feed consumption efficiency, weight of internal organs and mortality rate, the first treatment performed better across treatments.
Submitted to the University Library 04-16-2009 RS-557