Advantages Of Poultry Raising

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INTRODUCTION
Even with populace development and urbanization, expanding the supply of animal products is a central point contributing to food security and quality. Poultry raising is one of the activities that can directly address this important issue (Madia, 2005).
Most commonly used energy-rich feedstuffs in conventional poultry diets are Maize, wheat, sorghum, barley and oats (Reddy & Quadratullah, 1996; Ravindran, 2010a), forage feeds (grass hay and legume hay), and oilseed meals (soybean meal and cottonseed meal) (Myer and Maddock, 2001). Feed represents the major cost of poultry production, about 95 percent of total feed cost is used to meet energy and protein requirements. The dominating feed grain utilized as a part of poultry feeds …show more content…

A large portion of these “alternative” feedstuffs that can be utilized are by-products or co-products and edible waste products from the food processing, food preparation and food service industries, and the bio-fuels industry. Example of industries include grain processing, brewing and distillation, baking, fruit and vegetable processing, meat, milk and egg processing, seafood processing, prepared food manufacturing. Different alternatives include feedstuffs that are not usually fed, for example, wheat, may be a good choice during times of low prices, or during deficiencies of more conventional feedstuffs. most classes of domesticated animals can effectively utilize alternative feedstuffs in their diets. Cases of the more common alternative feedstuffs include distillers grains, soy hulls, corn gluten feed, brewers grains, citrus pulp, rice mill feed, molasses, and whole cottonseed. Examples could also include waste candy, cull peanuts, cull vegetables, bakery waste, cotton gin trash, and table scraps (restaurant food waste). (Myer and Maddock, 2001). Therefore, should be drawn towards the use of some local by-products (especially, after the variation in local market prices of corn due to the last world problems) available in certain areas of Egypt (Ragab, et al. …show more content…

Moreover, the use of oil or fat in diets for broilers may change both the composition and the quality of the carcass (Baiao and lara ,2005). A significant consideration has been paid to use untraditional fat as a cheap source of energy in poultry diets to achieve a suitable efficiency of utilization and economic efficiency of

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