The main hurdle in the development of Poultry Industry is the increasing feed cost. Fish meal is the conventional protein supplement used in the poultry diets. The increasing cost of fish meal has led to the use of alternate feed supplements. Shrimp waste meal (SWM) is one such supplement obtained from the processing of shrimp for human consumption. Experiments were carried out to evaluate the shrimp waste meal. The shrimp waste meal was used in poultry diets by replacing the fish meal at different levels. The shrimp waste meal (SWM) reported to have 94.17, 50.5, 8.2, 15.2, 19.1, and 7.0 percent dry matter, crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, total ash, nitrogen free extract, respectively. The crude protein content of shrimp waste meal ranged from 20.00 - 53.47% as per the reports of many research findings. The calcium and phosphorous content of the SWM was reported as 6.0, and 1.2%, respectively. The percent lysine and methionine were found as 1.66, and 0.88, respectively. Metabolizable energy content of SWM was reported as 1515 kcal/kg diet. The chitin present in the SWM reported to have anti-microbial and immune enhancing activity. The high chitin and calcium contents, could limit the amount of shrimp waste in mono-gastric diets. Chitin has low digestibility when fed to animals. The concentration of E.coli in the caecum was significantly decreased by dietary supplementation of 100 mg/kg of chito-oligosaccharide. Higher serum total protein content was observed when broilers were supplemented with chito-oligosaccharide at 100 mg/kg level. Replacement of fishmeal upto 50% with shrimp waste meal along with supplementation of synthetic lysine and methionine in broiler diets showed significantly (p < 0.01) higher liver, gizzard and heart weights (g). The birds also showed higher live weight gain, hot carcass weight and dressing percentage. Up to 50% replacement of fish meal with shrimp waste meal in broiler diets had no effect on mortality rate.

Key words : Shrimp Waste meal; Chito-oligosaccharide; Broiler diets