Nutritional Value of Whole Dates and Date Pits in Broiler Rations

Kamel, Basil S.; Diab, M. F.; Ilian, M. A.; Salman, A. J.

doi:10.3382/ps.0601005

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“…Similar to the present results, Kamel et al (1981), Vandepopuliere et al (1995), Hmeidan et al (1993), Hussein et al (1998), Al-Homidan (2003) and Afzal et al (2006) reported that WID for up to 240 g/kg in the starter and finisher diets did not significantly affect BW gain (BWG), FCR and feed intake of 49-day-old broiler chicks. This may be due to the high levels of glucose and fructose as available carbohydrate in WID (500 g/kg) and some sucrose (Sawaya et al, 1983).…”

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confidence: 79%

“…In harmony with the present results, Kamel et al (1981), Hmeidan et al (1993) and Al-Homidan (2003) concluded that WID had no adverse effects on dressing percentage with or without giblets and internal organs. The absence of significance effects of WID on the nutrient contents (CP and EE) and physical characteristics of meat tissues (tenderness, WHC and pH) confirmed that the experimental diets containing WID for up to 150 g/kg have met the broiler requirements during 15 to 42 days of age (Table 1).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Furthermore, Kamel et al (1981), Vandepopuliere et al (1995), Hussein et al (1998) and Al-Homidan (2003) were not able to distinguish between the response of birds to fat (when added to make the diet isocaloric) and to WID, due to the lower apparent metabolisable energy of WID than maize. However, the effect of fats or oils on the improvement of feed utilization was apparent (Summers, 1984;Aggoor et al, 2000).…”

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“…Date waste containing considerable amounts of nutrients, ranging 24.2 to 40.0 g/kg for crude protein (CP), 11.1 to 39.5 g/kg for ether extract (EE), 24.1 to 160.0 g/kg for crude fibre (CF), 745.5 to 765.3 g/kg for nitrogen-free extract (NFE) that is rich in monosaccharide of which 440 g/kg is glucose and 500 g/kg fructose and some sucrose (Sawaya et al, 1983), 2321 to 3050 kcal/kg for metabolizable energy (ME), 0.7 to 1.2 g/kg for methionine and cystine, 0.4 to 1.2 g/kg for lysine (Vandepopuliere et al, 1995;Hussein et al, 1998;Al-Homidan, 2003). Kamel et al (1981) showed that using whole dates by 50, 100 and 300 g/kg diet to replace the same levels of corn have promoted growth and feed utilization of broilers. Hmeidan et al (1993) showed that including date wastes by 180, 233 and 278 g/kg of broiler diets improved growth performance and concluded that the use of date wastes by 180 g/kg diet resulted in the highest growth performance of broilers.…”

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Whole inedible date in the grower–finisher broiler diets and the impact on productive performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality

El-Deek

Attia

Al‐Harthi

2010

Animal

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The growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality measurements were evaluated on broiler chicks fed different dietary levels of whole inedible dates (WID). WID used in this study were consisted of date fruits (,850 g/kg) and date pits (,150 g/kg). Three hundred unsexed Lohman broiler chicks were randomly and equally distributed into six groups. Each was formed of 50 chicks (five replicates, 10 chicks per replicate), and was assigned to a dietary treatment. Six dietary treatments of WID (0, 30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 g/kg feed) were included in the formation of isocaloric (metabolizable energy of ,3060 kcal/kg feed) and isonitrogenous (CP of ,192 g/kg feed) broiler rations. The treated rations were fed to the group chicks between 15 and 42 days of age (the experimental period). A straight-run design was considered. At 42 days of age, five males from each treatment were randomly chosen and slaughtered to determine carcass characteristics, internal organs and meat quality measurements. Digestibility of nutrients was measured at the end of the experimental period using five caged-individual males per treatment. The inclusion of broiler rations on WID for up to 150 g/kg feed, over the experimental period, did not significantly influence body weight gain (1452 to 1521 g/chick), feed intake (3268 to 3621 g/chick), feed conversion ratio (2.26 to 2.36 kg/kg) and dressed carcass (63.4% to 67.3%). In addition, levels of WID for up to 150 g/kg feed did not significantly influence the digestibility of nutrients and meat quality measurements. Such results suggest the possible inclusion of broiler rations on WID for up to 150 g/kg feed, during the period of 15 to 42 days of age without adverse effects on growth performance and meat quality.

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Whole inedible date in the grower–finisher broiler diets and the impact on productive performance, nutrient digestibility and meat quality

El-Deek

Attia

Al‐Harthi

2010

Animal

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“…Egg production and egg weight were equal to those of the control when date-pits were used as feed. It was also reported that date-pits can contribute positively to the poultry industry in the Arabian Gulf region [Kamel et al, 1981].…”

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confidence: 99%