Effect of dietary incorporation of pea (Pisum sativum L.) pods residue powder by replacing rice polish on growth performance, nutrient utilization, carcass characteristics and economic evaluation in commercial broiler chickens

A feeding trial was conducted to discern the effect of dietary incorporation of pea (Pisum sativum L.) pods residue powder on growth performance, nutrient utilization, carcass traits in commercial broiler chickens. 120 (one day-old) broiler chicks divided into four treatment groups with three replicates of 10 chicks in each for 42 days viz., 0-21 days (starter phase) and 22-42 days (finisher phase). The groups were T1 (control) having no any replacement where as T2, T3 and T4 were incorporated with pea pods residue powder at 50, 75 and 100 per cent levels by replacing rice polish, respectively. During starter phase the body weight gain of T2 and T4 groups were significantly (P 0.05) differences were observed between the treated groups fed pea pods residue powder in terms of carcass characteristic and revealed no significant difference in the terms of feed cost per kg live weight gain (Rs) for the overall periods (0-6 weeks).Therefore, it could be concluded that incorporation of pea pods residue powder in the diets of commercial broiler chickens had no marked positive effect on their growth performance.