Rice hulls Application as an Insoluble Dietary Fiber Source in Broilers Diets

The experiment was carried out using 200 Ross 308 broiler chickens in a completely randomized design with 5 treatment and 4 replicates. The experimental diets were consisted of a control free hulls diet and four diets containing 0.75 or 1.5 percent rice hulls with particle sizes of less than 1 mm or between 1-2 mm. The performance traits were determined through 42 d experimental period and carcass traits were expressed as a ratio of live weight. The digestibility coefficients of nutrients of the experimental diets were also determined. At grower phase, the diets contained 1.5% rice hulls regardless of their particle size, improved weight gain compared to the group fed the diets with 0.75% rice hulls (P