Research Notes The Effect of Different Levels of Palm Kernel Meal in Layer Diets

from the African Palm oil industry that is extensively cultivated in tropical countries, is an interesting feed in-gredient for poultry due to its availability and low cost. The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of different levels of PKM in layer diets. This particular PKM contained 9.70 % crude protein, 0.20 % methionine, 0.36% lysine, and a TMEn value of 2,254 kcal/kg. A control diet based on corn and soybean meal and five different levels of PKM added to it were fed to Single Comb White Leg-horn hens from 18 to 38 wk of age. The PKM levels wer