THE EFFECT OF FERMENTED Sauropus androgynus LEAVES ON PERFORMANCE, FAT DEPOSITION AND CARCASS QUALITY IN BROILER CHICKEN

The present study was conducted to evaluate fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves on performance of broiler
chickens. One hundred and twelve broiler chicks aged fourteen days were distributed to seven treatment groups
as follows. One tretamnet group of broiler chickens was fed diet without fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves
as control group (P0), and other treatments groups of broiler chickens were fed diets contained 2.5 % Neurospora sp fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves (P1), diets contained 5 % Neurospora sp fermented Sauropus
androgynus leaves (P2), diets contained 2.5 % EM4 fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves (P3), diets
contained 5 % EM4 fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves (P4) and diets contained 2.5 % Saccharomyces sp
fermented Sauropus androgynus leaves (P5) and diets contained 5% Saccharomyces sp fermented Sauropus
androgynus leaves extract. Experimental results showed that fermented Sauropus androgynus had no effect
(P>0.05) on body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversition ratio. It was shown that fermented
Sauropus androgynus significantly reduce total fat deposition, but it improved carcass qualities. In conclusion, fermented Sauropus androgynus improved carcass qualities and reduced fat deposition without lowering broiler performance.