Author(s)

Hadidjatou Bélem¹, Roland Nâg-Tiero Meda¹, Benjamin Kouliga Koama^1,2, Windmi Kagambéga¹, Sandrine Nadege Da¹, Anne Flora Drabo¹, Assetou Sawadogo¹, Cyprial Ndumiso Ncobela³, Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy⁴, Amadou Traoré⁵, George Anicet Ouédraogo¹

¹Laboratory of Research and Teaching in Animal Health and Biotechnology, Nazi-Boni University, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
²Laboratory of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia, Research Institute of Health Sciences, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
³Department of Agriculture, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.
⁴Department of Animals Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
⁵Laboratory of Animals Biology and Health, Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

This work aimed to evaluate the effects of supplementation of Parkia biglobosa fruit pulp flour in the CPAVI chicken ration on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of local chickens. This study involved 50 local chicks of eight weeks of age. Chickens were divided into 5 groups of 10 chicks corresponding to five experimental rations containing 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% pulp from fruits of P. biglobosa. The nutritional composition of P. biglobosa fruit pulps were analyzed, then growth parameters and carcass characteristics were measured. The results showed that the fruit pulps of P. biglobosa were rich in metabolizable energy (4015.02 ± 0.21 Kcal/kg), crude fiber (16.88% ADF and 19.81% NDF) and potassium (2.45% ± 0.01%). Thus, the group of local chickens fed the diet containing 1% supplementation had a significantly higher live weight (1200.85 g) and carcass yield (91.99 g) (P < 0.005) than the other levels supplementation. Additionally, individual feed consumption and average daily gain of the group at 1% supplementation were higher. In short, the flour from the pulp of the fruit of Parkia biglobosa can be supplemented up to 1% in the CPAVI pullet type feed for local chickens.

Local Chicken, Parkia biglobosa, CPAVI, Growth Performance, Burkina Faso

Bélem, H. , Meda, R. , Koama, B. , Kagambéga, W. , Da, S. , Drabo, A. , Sawadogo, A. , Ncobela, C. , Létourneau-Montminy, M. , Traoré, A. and Ouédraogo, G. (2023) Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. Ex G. Don Fruit Pulp Supplementation in the Diet of Local Chickens in Burkina Faso: Effects on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 14, 1119-1132. doi: 10.4236/fns.2023.1411070.