Effect of Partial Substitution of Rice Bran for the Yellow Corn (Maize) on Broiler Performance

This study was carried out at the poultry farm of Animal Resources Dept. / College of Agricultural/ University of Kufa during the period from 16/9/2014 to 21/10/2014 to investigate the effect of partial replacement of Rice bran for Yellow Corn in broiler diets on productive performance. One hundred and ninety eight chicks of commercial strain at 1 day old were used in this study the chick were individually weighed and randomly distributed into three treatments. Each treatment included three replicates (20 chicks/replicate). The treatments were as follows Group1 control (T0) (content 50 % yellow corn + free of rice bran), Second (T1) substituted of 25 % of raw rice bran by yellow corn, third (T2) substituted of 50 % of raw rice bran by yellow corn. The results revealed that T0 was significantly (Pless than0.05) higher than other groups in live body weight, weight gain and feed consumption at 5 week of age, whereas T2 was significantly (Pless than0.05) lower as compared with other treatments. There were significant differences between groups in feed conversion ratio. The results revealed that the treatments included 25 or 50 % Rice bran showed significant differences as compared to control group (free of rice bran) in the percentage.