Tomato Pomace in Broiler Diets: Alternate Feed Resource

With a view to investigate the nutritional efficiency, growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers fed on diets containing different levels of dried tomato pomace (DTP) with or without enzyme supplementation the present study was carried out. The chemical composition of DTP used in the present study was 22.39% CP, 12.23 % EE and 40.1 % CF. The calculated ME content of the DTP was 2172 kcal/ kg. The AME, TME and N utilization of DTP were estimated by conducting a trial using 12 adult White Leghorn cockerels. The AME and TME values of DTP were 2080 and 2193 kcal/kg, respectively. The N utilization of DTP was 56.64 percent. Dried tomato pomace (DTP) was included at 0, 5, 10 and 15 per cent levels without (T1, T3, T5 and T7) and with (T2, T4, T6 and T8) enzyme supplementation in iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous broiler starter and finisher diets to assess the growth performance and carcass characteristics of broilers. The starter and finisher diets were formulated according to BIS (1992) specifications. Two hundred and forty Vencob day-old male broilers were fed starter and finisher diets from 0 to 4 weeks and 5 to 6 weeks, respectively.