HISTOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF INTERNAL ORGANS OF BROILER CHICKEN FED RAW AND TREATED TEAK SEED MEALS

Abstract

A six weeks feeding trial was conducted to investigate the histological responses of internal organs of broiler chicken fed raw and treated teak seed meal (TSM) as replacement for maize bran. Four diets were used for the experiment. T1 was the control, T2 was (raw) TSM, T3 was (boiled) TSM, and T4 was (fermented) TSM. A total of two hundred (200) day old broiler chicks were randomly arranged in a complete randomized design (CRD) with four dietary treatments, each with five (5) replicates. Each replicate contained (10) birds. Feed and water were supplied ad-libitum throughout the period of the study. Result of this study showed that birds on fermented teak seed meal performed better than other treatment groups and compared favorably with the control group followed by those on boiled teak seed meal group at 3.75% level of inclusion.