World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Project (NARP) - University of Port Harcourt
Abstract
One hundred and twenty ( n = 120) day old broiler chicks with an
average weight (100.00\ub17.00g) were randomly allotted to four
dietary treatments, with cassava peel leaf meal (CPLM) as replacement
for maize at (starter and finisher phases).The trial was in three
phases of adaptation (1-2week),starter (3-5week) and finisher
(6-9week).Thirty broilers chicks were assigned to each of the four
treatments, while was replicated three times at 10 chicks each.
Performance of the chicks such weight gain, feed intake and carcass
yield was evaluated and the proximate and fiber quality of the diets
and CPLM were also determined. Data obtained for performance evaluated
was analyzed using ANOVA, while significant means were separated by SAS
of the same package. The outcome revealed that CPLM had (89.93%) dry
matter, (18.93%) crude protein and (43.28%) NDF, with anon-significant
(p< 0.05) variation in weight gain, enhanced (p< 0.05) feed
intake and depressed (p< 0.05) feed to gain ratio as CPLM inclusion
increased. Dressing percentage values (69.00-73.00%) were obtained on
the treatments. CPLM inclusion (0, 15, 30 and 45%) as replacement for
maize in the diets of broilers produced a favourable performance