Dietary Incorporation of Papaya Seeds for Determining Its Effect on Broiler Growth And Meat Quality

Abstract

Due to the world's rapidly growing population, there is a serious concern with food security. It has a close connection to food waste. During processing, the majority of the by-products are squandered because inadequate techniques are used, which causes malnutrition. This research focuses on the proper application of industrial wastes (byproducts) as a supplement to animal feed to lessen mineral shortage in broilers. Because papaya seeds have significant levels of fat, protein, fiber, and minerals, they were utilized as a feed for Cobb broiler chickens. Four treatments, each with seven chicks and five replicates, were designed for this study. Up to week 3, the broilers were fed an elementary diet, and the papaya seed powder (PSP) was added to the base feed in concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1, and 1.5%. Feed intake, live bird weight, weight gain, and feed conversion ratio were evaluated as growth factors.

The results showed that the average weekly intake of feed of the broilers was non-significant (p>0.05). With elevated concentrations of papaya seeds, there is no effect of any papaya treatment. Furthermore, the live-bird weight of the broilers also showed no impact with respect to time as it was the same in all treatments including PSP0, PSP1, PSP2, and PSP3. The weight gain was observed to be highest in the last week (W5) and increased with respect to time while according to treatments WG was the same in PSP0, PSP1, PSP2, and PSP3. The last growth parameter is the feed conversion ratio which was not affected by the addition of papaya seed powder in the broiler feed. Moreover, the quality of meat was determined by the weight of its cuts and organs and results revealed that carcass weight was constant with the all of PSP concentration in the feed as well as for control while there is no major effect of the PSP inclusion in the feedstuff on the organ’s weight of the broilers.