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The growth and survival rate of finisher broilers (with minor feed supplementation) were determined under subsistence free-range poultry production in Nigeria. Three types of feed supplements (maize meal, full-fat soybean meal, and commercial grower ration) were used. A 4th group (the control) was fed intensively on commercial broiler finisher ration. After four weeks of brooding, the finisher broilers of equal weights were randomly selected and distributed to twelve households in each of the two selected locations (10 birds per household) for onward rearing on free-range for eight weeks. The control group was replicated four times (10 birds per replicate). Growth rate was significantly higher (P |
