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Chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens) as feed supplement for broilers
(Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus, 2014-03) Noveloso, Florie Mae C.
This study was carried out to determine the performance of broilers fed diets included chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens). Five levels of ground chili pepper at the rate of 2%, 4%, 6% and 8% were incorporated as feed supplement into the basal diet for 21 days. It was conducted from August 24, 2013 to September 28, 2013 at Casiaman, Bacnotan, La Union. A total of 75 broiler chicks were used in this study and distributed at random into five treatments employing the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three blocks. Results of the study showed insignificant differences in terms of final weight, gain in weight, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio and mean profit above feed, medicine and stock cost of birds fed with experimental and control diets.