Effect of Different Levels of Earthworm Meal (Eisenia Fetida) on Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Blood Parameters of Broiler Chickens

Current experiment was conducted to determine the effect of different levels of earthworm meal (Eisenia fetida) on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler chickens. For this purpose, a completely randomized design with four levels of earthworm meal as treatments (0, 2%, 4% and 6%) using 96 day old Ross male chicks were performed. Each treatment consisted of 4 replicates with 6 chickens in each replicate. Chickens were fed the dietary treatments for 6 weeks. At the end of the experiment (d 42), two birds from each replicate were slaughtered. The results indicated that, dietary supplementation with 2% of earthworm meal is significantly increased body weight and feed intake (P