Utilisation of dried poultry manure by growing chickens fed on a practical diet

Dried poultry manure (DPM) has been tested as a replacement for groundnut cake in poultry diets. 2. Body weight gain, and the efficiency of food conversion were improved when the diet contained 50 g DPM/kg but higher rates of inclusion (100 or 150 g/kg) depressed growth. 3. Birds fed on diets containing 50 g DPM/kg yielded meat of comparable quality to those fed on the control diet whereas those fed on diets containing more DPM yielded meat containing more fat and less water. 4. The percentage moisture in the meat was inversely related to the lipid content. 5. Nitrogen retention was comparable in all groups.