Changes in chemical composition and bioassay assessment of nutritional potentials of almond fruit waste as an alternative feedstuff for livestock

Changes in chemical composition upon processing and bioassay assessment of nutritional potentials of almond fruit waste as an alternative feedstuff were conducted using day-oldcockerels.Proximate analyses revealed that AFW contained valuable nutrients, carbohydrate/dry matter, protein, fat, fiber, mineral matter (ash). The concentration of some of these nutrients increased as the raw AFW was treated. The raw AFW gave on analysis quantitatively highconcentrations of the chemical compounds, tannins, hydrocyanides, phytic acid and other unquantified chemical compounds like oxalates assessed qualitatively. Subjecting raw AFW to lactic fermentation and enzymes treatments reduced the levels of the phytochemicals. Bioassay of the treated and untreated AFW using day-old cockerels and considering performance parameters showed that treated AFW improved feed intake, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio even better than the results obtained on these indices on the reference diet (p0.05). Untreated AFW elicited misperformance and high mortality of the test birds. It was concluded that the nutritional value of AFW, if could be used as an alternative feedstuff for animals, must be given adequate treatments

Effects of mixtures of cassaca peel and Albizia lebbeck hat on feed and voluntary water intakes of the West African Dwarf goat

The influence of mixtures of cassava peel and Albizia lebbeck hay on feed intake, digestibility and voluntary water intake were evaluated in a digestibility study involving 25 West African Dwarf grower goats (4.95±0.23kg). There were five diets comprising unsupplemented cassava peel, 27, 55 and 82 % replacements with Albizia hay, and whole Albizia hay. The sole cassava peel and the Albizia hay served as controls. Parameters assessed were dry matter intake (DMI), voluntary water intake (VWI), dry matter (DM) and crude protein (CP) digestibility. Dry Matter Intake (g/d) was higher (P< 0.05) at cassava Albizia mixture of 73:27. Voluntary water intake increased (

Growth response of Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) fingerlings fed with varying levels of maggot meal

This study investigated the effects of quantitative replacement of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 or 100% of the fish meal (40%) in the control diet of Clarias gariepinus fingerlings. The total weight gain, percentage weight gain and specific growth rate were highest in fish fed with diet containing 80% maggot inclusion and these were significantly different (