Economic and Productive Efficiency of Indomie Waste Meal at Low or High Inclusion Levels in Broiler Diets

A feeding trial was conducted for 38 days using one-day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks obtained from a nearby hatchery. The birds were raised under standard management conditions. During the first five days, they were offered a commercial pre-starter diet, followed by a starter diet from day 6 to day 19, and a grower diet from day 20 to day 38. The impact of indomie waste meal (IWM) at inclusion levels of 10% and 40% as a replacement for maize on the production and economic performance of broilers was studied. The results revealed that IWM had no significant impact (P > 0.05) on any of the growth indicators at either level. However, the 40% IWM group resulted in lower production costs and higher profitability than the 10% IWM group. These results suggested that IWM can be added to broiler diets up to 40% without any adverse effect on the performance characteristics of the birds, thereby improving the economic efficiency.