| Autor: |
Atawodi, SE, Ibu, JO, Mari, D, Ojo, NA, Davies, V, Williams, PWD, Atawodi, JC, Ashigidi, A |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
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| Zdroj: |
Tropical Veterinarian; Vol 22, No 1 (2004); 37-43 |
| ISSN: |
0794-4845 |
| Popis: |
To reduce the cost of protein source in poultry feeds, attempt was made to supplement the diet with ensiled leaves of Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena) - a protein rich but toxic forage crop. Four (4) treatment groups consisting of ten (10) chicks each were fed a standard commercial feed (ECWA feeds), 20% ensiled leucaena, leucaena silage inoculated with ruminal fluid, and sun-dried leucaena-supplemented feed ad libitum and growth rate monitored by weight gain and feed efficiency. At 20% supplementation level, the feed efficiency was highest in the group on ECWA standard diet (2.39) and lowest in the group on sun-dried leucaena supplement (1.14). The highest cumulative weight gain (2,260g) and highest feed intake (4,664g) was found in group on ECWA feed while the group on sun-dried leucaena supplement had the lowest cumulative weight gain (1,148g), and the lowest average feed intake (665.8 - 683.8g) was found in groups on “normal” silage and microbe- treated silage-supplemented diets. These results suggest that at 20% supplementation level, leucaena causes reduced growth rate, and that ensiling (with or without ruminal fluid) only has marginal effect on the toxicity of mimosine found in Leucaena leucocephala. Key Words: Leucaena leucocephala, silage, feed supplement, broilers. Trop. Vet. Vol.22: (1) 41-48 (2004) |
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