This experiment was conducted to examine
the impact of different soya bean processing methods
and the effect of processed soybean on broiler
performance. For this purpose, a 56-day research was
conducted on 400 ROSS 308 broiler chickens, which are
raised under good intensive system of management in
Federal Polytechnic Bali teaching and research farm. In
achieving this, birds were assigned to five (5) treatment
and sample size of six (6) per pen was used with eight
replications. Performance data was collected weekly and
carcass analysis was done on the trial day (56). Data
were analyzed using ANOVA in SPSS, Confidence and
significance level at 95% and P <0.05 respectively was
used. The research findings showed that no significant
difference p>0.05 was observed in all the parameters
tested. However, high performance observed in this
research trial was recorded in a treatment A, D and E
respectively. This proved that hydro-thermal treatment
of soybean as the best method that preserved nutrients,
reduced anti-nutritional factors and enhance
performance in broiler chickens. Similarly, the
significant increase seen on the length and weight of the
small intestine indicates increased surface area for
nutrient absorption. On the other hand, poor
performance was recorded on treatment B and C. This
reveals that thermal processing methods (toasting and
extrusion) were not suitable for optimum performance
as shown in this research trial. The comparative trial on
evaluation of different methods of soybean processing
shows that the hydro-thermal and the control treatment
was the overall best in the preservation of nutrient,
removal of anti-nutritional factors and performance
improvement in broilers chickens unlike the thermal
processing methods. The tools used in arriving at this
decision provides a farmers with a better decision on the
best processing method that will improve optimal
performance
Keywords : Processing Methods, Soya Bean, Performance and Broilers