Efficiency of adding potato peel powder (L. Solanum Tuberosum) to feed in enhancing broiler physiological characteristics and productivity

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how adding varying amounts of potato peel powder to broiler diet affected the animals' physiological and productive performance. The study used 240 Ross-308 broiler chicks that were one day old, unsexed, and kept together for seven days. After that, the chicks were divided into four treatments at random, with three duplicates of each treatment, each containing twenty chicks. They grew up on a bed of sawdust on the floor of a confined hallway. The following were the treatments:  T1 (control, no feed addition), potato peel powder was added at doses of 20% (T2), 30% (T3) and 40% (T4). The average total live body weight of all birds increased significantly when potato peel powder was added to their feed. Additionally, when compared to the control treatment, the cumulative weight of all birds treated with potato peel powder increased, and their feed consumption rate and feed conversion ratio significantly improved. The levels of glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) significantly decreased in all treatments involving the addition of potato peel powder, while the levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDL), globulin, albumin, and total protein significantly increased. The amount of red and white blood cells, hemoglobin concentration, and hemoglobin were all significantly higher in the blood test findings for birds receiving all treatments. We draw the conclusion that, in comparison to the control treatment, which was devoid of the addition, adding potato leaf powder at varying doses enhanced some physiological and productive features of broiler chickens.

Keywords: potato peel powder, feed additives in physiological traits, broiler