Effects of Different Dietary Energy Sources on the Egg Production of the Japanese Quail

The present investigation focused on determining the effects of dietary energy sources (from soya oil, palm kernel oil, cassava meal and corn meal) on egg production by the Japanese quail over a period of 10 weeks in a humid zone. A control diet and four isonitrogenous (28% crude protein; CP) and isocaloric (12.1 MJ/kg) diets were formulated with ninety adult female quail birds randomly allocated in three replications per treatment in a completely randomized design (CRD). Egg production showed significant differences (P< 0.05), which was highest for the palm kernel oil treatment and least for the corn meal treatment group. The study indicated that the inclusion of palm kernel oil in the diets of laying birds was beneficial. The observation reported on the low egg production with high corn diet needs further investigations to ascertain the extent of depression on egg production observed in the study

Assessing the true metabolizable energy value and digestibility of molasses in broiler diets

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The relationships between feeding graded levels of dietary palm oil and lipid depositions in tissues, body and organ weights of rabbits

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Bioavalable energy value and digestibility of whole melon seedmeal (Colocynthis citrullus, L). in broiler chickens

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Performance of growing broiler chickens fed toasted and untoasted melon (Colocythis cirtullis) seed meal

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Determinatiion of the true metabolizable energy value and digestibility of Sardine fish meal

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Cane molasses in diets of growing broiler chickens

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Responses of broiler chicks to graded levels of dietary Sodium Chloride (Common salt) in a humid tropical environment

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Cassava root meal as substitute for maize in layers ration

The effect of replacing maize with graded levels of cassava root meal (CRM) as energy source in the diet of laying hens was evaluated during the eight weeks of feeding experiment on performance and cost benefits on layers. Forty-five Nera black laying hens of 24 weeks of age were allocated to five dietary treatments, with nine birds per treatment in a completely randomized design. CRM was used to formulate the diets at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%. The result showed that the feed intake of birds in the control group was significantly (p<0.05) different from those fed the CRM diets. The average weight gain of layers receiving up to 50% CRM was similar to the control birds, but significantly different from layers fed 75 and 100% CRM. No mortality was recorded. Egg production per hen per day and average egg weight were significantly different (p<0.05) for birds consuming more than 50% CRM in T4 and T5. Layer feed ration was made cheaper by the replacement of maize with cassava root meal in the diets