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In Côte d'Ivoire, the increase in the price of protein raw materials makes poultry production too costly. This study was carried out to develop new sources of vegetable protein (cashew cake) for feeding laying hens during the laying period. For this, 180 19-week-old ISA Brown hens were used. They were housed in 4 boxes, 45 each. These constituted batches were fed T0 (control), T1 (100% cashew meal as main vegetable protein source), T2 (50% cashew meal) and T3 (95 % cashew meal). Bromatological analysis of the feeds revealed an excellent nutrient content. Feed intake, average number of eggs laid, average cumulative egg weight, feed conversion ratio, and egg laying rate were significantly (p |
