Effect of different additives on growth performance and reproductive traits of growing pullets fed diets from two varieties of cassava root meal

Autor: K. O. Ande, K. O. Adebayo, Abimbola Oladele Oso, L. O. Sanni, O.O. Oluwatosin
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nigerian Journal of Animal Production. 48:257-267
ISSN: 0331-2062
DOI: 10.51791/njap.v48i5.3209
Popis: Cassava is higher in supply of carbohydrates than maize and can potentially replace maize as a veritable energy source in poultry diets. A five-week experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of two varieties of cassava root meal (CRM) with various additives on growth performance and reproductive traits of pullets. Two hundred and forty 16-weeks old point of lay birdswere allotted to eight dietary treatments in a 2x4 factorial arrangement of white (TME 419) and yellow (ITA/IBD/1368) CRM supplemented with no additive, amino acids (methionine and lysine), enzyme and amino acids+enzyme (A.A+Enz). Growth measurements were recorded from 17 weeks till the start of lay at 21 weeks old and data on reproductive traits were also recorded in each treatment. Variety effect showed improved (p
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