Physical profile of the femur of broilers fed with increasing levels of broken soybean

The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical profile of the broiler females fed with increasing levels (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12%) of raw soybean meal in the seven, 14, 21 and 42 days of life. A total of 250 one -day -old male broilers of the Cobb ®lineage were used, the experimental design being entirely random, with five treatments with five replicates containing 10 birds each. There was a significant linear effect ofsoybean inclusion levels in all evaluated periods. It was concluded that the inclusion of soybean yield levels negatively influences the broiler femur from one to 42 days.