journal of kerbala university

This study aimed to investigate the effects of partial and Complete replacement of locally produced yellows corn germs supplemented by lysine and methionine instead of soybean meal in the diet of meat type chicken (Hubbard strain) and their effects on some performance traits of broiler .Five groups were used ranging from Control (100% soybean meal , 0.0% corn germs) with similar levels of total metabolizable energy . crude protein , lysine and methionine in all treatments Data were Collected to evaluate average feed consumption , weight gain feed Conversion ratio for (1-4) , (4-8) and (1-8) Wk's respectively and for carcass weight and dressing percentage at (8) weeks of age . Results revealted that control )0( and treatments with 25 and 50% replacement of Corn germs were significantly better than other treatments CT3 and T4¬ ) in weight gain , feed consumption and feed conversion ration . There were no significant differences among treatments in dressing percentage while there were highly significant differences (p < 0.01) in carcass weight and giblets as aresult of differences in live weights at 8 weeks .