Responses of Broilers Chickens to Dietary Levels of Adansona Digitata (L) Leaf Meal
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of dietary levels of Adansonia digitata Leaf Meal (ADLM) on the performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. One hundred and eighty day old oba marshal broilers were used in this study. The birds were grouped into four dietary treatments replicated thrice with fifteen birds per replicate in a complete randomized design. ADLM at the rates of 0, 5, 10 and 15% were included in diet groups To, T1 T¬2 and T3 respectively To is the control diet while T1, T2 and T¬3 are ADLM at 5, 10 and 15% levels inclusion respectively. Experimental diets were fed ad libitum to the different groups accordingly and water supplied throughout the period of eight weeks of experiment. Routine management practices were adhere to. The indices measured included initial weight, body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and mortality when it occurred. A significant (P>0.05) effects were observed among treatments means for feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics. In conclusion, the result from this study indicated that 5% ADLM inclusion in the diets of broiler chicken were beneficial within the first three and half week.
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S,L. Adeosun, et al.
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