Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

A study was undertaken in broiler chicken to assess the effect of dietary supplementation of soya oil cake on cost-effectiveness of commercial broiler chicken fed with different levels of soya oil cake in environmentally controlled housing system. Two hundred and fifty commercial sexed, one day-old, broiler chicks were randomly grouped into five treatments with five replicates containing ten chicks per replicate. The treatment groups were fed with basal diet with supplementation of 100 per cent vegetable oil (rice bran oil-T₁) and rice bran oil is replaced with 25 per cent soya oil cake (T₂), 50 per cent soya oil cake (T₃), 75 per cent soya oil cake (T₄) and 100 per cent soya oil cake (T₅). At the end of experiment, cost of feed for producing one kg live weight of broiler was lowest in T₃ (Rs.52.91) and T₄ (Rs.53.30) groups and highest in T₅ group (Rs.55.07). The net profit of feeding soya oil cake in broiler diet at five weeks of age was highest in T₃ (50% SOC: 50% RBO) and T₄ (75% SOC: 25% RBO) groups and they had better profit over control groups.