F. I. M. SALIH and SAFIA H. TAHA.

Poultry Research Unit, Kuku, P. 0. Box 89, Industrial Area, Khartoum North, Sudan.

SUMMARY

A broiler conventional diet was supplemented with O, 100, 200 and 400 gl kg sunflower seed meal (SSM) to provide 4 approximately isocaloric and iso- nitrogenous treatments.

The effects of increasing SSM as a protein concentrate was conducted on broiler chicks from 7 to 42 day of age in which growth performance was in- vestigated.

The study indicated that the rate of feed intake, liveweight gain, dressing percentage, mortality and feed conversion efficiency (FCE) were insignifi- cantly affected by the level of SSM in the diet.

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