Effect of oak acorn and dietary methionine level on performance, some organs weight and tibia characteristics in broiler chicken

The effects of replacing 0, 15 and 20 of corn by percent oak acorn (OA), in diets contacting recommended and twice recommended level of methionine by NRC (1994) on performance of broilers were investigated. 528 one-day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks in a 2×3 factorial arrangement based on completely randomized design with four replicates of 22 chicks were used. Chicks fed with diets containing 15 and 20 percent OA had lower body weight gain and higher feed conversion ratio compared to those fed with diet without OA, in all experimental periods (P