the effect of macaroni waste on performance of native turkeys in 3-8 week age

one experiment was conducted in order to evaluate four levels of macaroni waste including: 0, 10, 20 and 30 percentage in growing turkey feed in a completely randomized design (crd) with 120 local turkey including 3 replicates in 12 pens. during the experiment (3-8 weeks), turkeys received feed and water of free access. weight gain, feed consumption and feed efficiency were measured weekly. different levels of macaroni waste had no significant effects on feed consumption, but level of 20 percentage of macaroni waste had lowest feed consumption (2072.91gram). weight gain and feed efficiency were significantly (p<0.05) affected by various levels of macaroni waste, the level of 20 percentage had the highest weight gain (926.47 gram) and lowest feed efficiency (2.237). the results of this experiment indicated that level of 20 percentage of macaroni waste in dietary local turkey at 3-8 weekly had the best performance and the lowest feed cost per kilogram weight gain comparison with other levels.