Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2023, 14, 1119-1132 https://www.scirp.org/journal/fns ISSN Online: 2157-9458 ISSN Print: 2157-944X DOI: 10.4236/fns.2023.1411070 Nov. 29, 2023 1119 Food and Nutrition Sciences Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. Ex G. Don Fruit Pulp Supplementation in the Diet of Local Chickens in Burkina Faso: Effects on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics Hadidjatou Bélem 1 , Roland Nâg-Tiero Meda 1 , Benjamin Kouliga Koama 1,2 , Windmi Kagambéga 1 , Sandrine Nadege Da 1 , Anne Flora Drabo 1 , Assetou Sawadogo 1 , Cyprial Ndumiso Ncobela 3 , Marie-Pierre Létourneau-Montminy 4 , Amadou Traoré 5 , George Anicet Ouédraogo 1 1 Laboratory of Research and Teaching in Animal Health and Biotechnology, Nazi-Boni University, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 2 Laboratory of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia, Research Institute of Health Sciences, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso 3 Department of Agriculture, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, South Africa 4 Department of Animals Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 5 Laboratory of Animals Biology and Health, Institute of Environment and Agricultural Research, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Abstract This work aimed to evaluate the effects of supplementation of Parkia biglo- bosa fruit pulp flour in the CPAVI chicken ration on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of local chickens. This study involved 50 local chicks of eight weeks of age. Chickens were divided into 5 groups of 10 chicks cor- responding to five experimental rations containing 0%, 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% pulp from fruits of P. biglobosa. The nutritional composition of P. biglobosa fruit pulps were analyzed, then growth parameters and carcass characteristics were measured. The results showed that the fruit pulps of P. biglobosa were rich in metabolizable energy (4015.02 ± 0.21 Kcal/kg), crude fiber (16.88% ADF and 19.81% NDF) and potassium (2.45% ± 0.01%). Thus, the group of local chickens fed the diet containing 1% supplementation had a significantly higher live weight (1200.85 g) and carcass yield (91.99 g) (P < 0.005) than the other levels supplementation. Additionally, individual feed consumption and average daily gain of the group at 1% supplementation were higher. In short, the flour from the pulp of the fruit of Parkia biglobosa can be supplemented up to 1% in the CPAVI pullet type feed for local chickens. Keywords Local Chicken, Parkia biglobosa, CPAVI, Growth Performance, Burkina Faso How to cite this paper: Bélem, H., Meda, R.N.-T., Koama, B.K., Kagambéga, W., Da, S.N., Drabo, A.F., Sawadogo, A., Ncobela, C.N., Létourneau-Montminy, M.-P., Traoré, A. and Ouédraogo, G.A. (2023) Parkia big- lobosa (Jacq.) R. Br. Ex G. Don Fruit Pulp Supplementation in the Diet of Local Chi- ckens in Burkina Faso: Effects on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 14, 1119-1132. https://doi.org/10.4236/fns.2023.1411070 Received: October 20, 2023 Accepted: November 26, 2023 Published: November 29, 2023 Copyright © 2023 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Open Access