Studies on growth response of broiler chicken to frog meal as a substitute to fish meal

Abstract

Frog meal was prepared from the frog waste material such as delegged frog carcasses and its proximate analysis including amino acid composition was determined. One hundred and twenty day old Shaver Starbo broil r chicks were divided into three groups of 40 each. Three diets were prepared by substituting fish meal with frog meal. The average gain in body weight at 10 weeks age for group1 (fish meal was completely replaced by frog meal) group 11 (½ fish meal+ ½ frog meal) and control group (contain only fish meal but no frog meal) was 1923g, 1972g and 1835g respectively. The feed consumption during the same period for the three groups was 6225g, 6325g, and 6175g, respectively. The growth rate of the group 11 (½ fish meal+ ½ frog meal) was significantly high when compared with other two groups fed fish meal or frog meal alone.