Growth Indices and Cost Implications of Hybro Broiler Chicks Fed with Graded Levels of Fermented Wild Cocoyam Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Corm Meal as a Replacement for Maize
| Autor: | Olajide R |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Broiler Reproducibility of Results food and beverages Biology Animal Feed Zea mays Feed conversion ratio Colocasia esculenta Animal science Starter Fermentation Botany medicine Animals medicine.symptom Energy source Chickens Agronomy and Crop Science Weight gain Completely randomized design Colocasia |
| Zdroj: | Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 17:703-708 |
| ISSN: | 1028-8880 |
| DOI: | 10.3923/pjbs.2014.703.708 |
| Popis: | Corms such as wild cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta] have potential to replace maize as a cheaper energy source in poultry rations. A feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of graded levels of fermented wild cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] corm (FWCC), as substitutes for maize in the diets of broilers at the starter phase. One hundred and twenty unsexed day-old Hybro broiler chicks were randomly distributed to four dietary treatments in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). There were 3 replicates per dietary treatment with 10 birds per replicate. Diet 1 without FWCC served as the control. Diets 2, 3 and 4 contained 10, 20 and 30% FWCC. Each of the diets represented a treatment. The experimental diets and clean drinking water were supplied ad libitum for 4 weeks (28 days) representing the starter phase of the broiler production. Result of the performance revealed significant (p |
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