Residue of brewery on broiler nutrition

Abstract

Objective to evaluate the performance and carcass yield of chickens fed with residue of Brewery. For this, we used 240 one-day chicks, Naked Neck line for 75 days. The animals were housed in 16 pits in the measures 1.75 m X 2.5 m each, divided into seven chicks by box, and subjected to four treatments with rations include levels of residue of Brewery; being the inclusion levels of residue of brewery: 0; 1.75; 5.25% and 3.5, and complemented by commercial core to the species. Considering the complete cycle of creation, 1 to 75 days was not observed difference in the final live weight of chicken. However, the chickens fed with 5.25% inclusion of residue of brewery presented a higher feed intake and feed conversion. In relation to the slaughter yield parameters analyzed, casting yield, percentage of edible viscera and carcass values more edible viscera no differences were found. The brewery residue can be used as a replacement for soybean meal with the same efficiency, but if the feed is developed according to the stage where the birds are, adding 3.5% beer residue had resulted in animals with the same weight, total feed consumption and feed conversion ratio equal to those fed with soybean meal, but the cost of the feed will be smaller.