THE PROXIMATE COMPOSITIONS OF DRIED GROUNDNUT HUSK MEAL FED  TO BROILER CHICKENS

I. I. llaboya; J. I. Imouokhome; R. Okuna; D. O. Bamigboye; E. T. Omileke; R. O. Abdulazeez; R. O. Ehielu; J. E. Ibiezugbe

Authors

I. I. llaboya Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
J. I. Imouokhome Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
R. Okuna Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
D. O. Bamigboye Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
E. T. Omileke Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
R. O. Abdulazeez Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
R. O. Ehielu Benson Idahosa University, Edo State. Nigeria
J. E. Ibiezugbe Nigerian Institute of Animal Science, Abuja. Nigeria.

Keywords:

dried groundnut husk meal, broiler chickens, nutritional analysis, feed formulation, alternative feed ingredients

Abstract

The proximate composition of dried groundnut husk meal (DGHM) was evaluated using standard procedures. The result for the proximate composition showed the moisture content (7%), dry matter (93%), ash (4.2%), Crude fibre (37.8%), Crude protein (7.5%), Ether extract (1.31%), carbohydrate (49.19) and calorie value of 2129.68kcal/kg. Birds were fed 5 treatments (T); T1 (0% DGHM), T2 (5% DGHM), T3 (10% DGHM), T4 (15% DGHM) and T5 (20% DGHM). Dry matter, moisture, energy and ash were not significantly different (P>0.05) across all the treatments. Crude protein in T4 (21.54%) was significantly (P<0.05) lower than T1 (25.27%), T2 (23.94%), T3 (24.62%) and T5 (24.96%). Ether extract increased significantly (P<0.05) on T5 (5.50%) while carbohydrate decreased significantly (P>0.05) on the same treatment T5 (47.98%). The control diet (6.22%) and T2 (6.84%) were significantly higher (P<0.05) than T3 (7.92%), T4 (7.73%) and T5 (7.99%) for crude fibre. The results showed that dried groundnut husk meal contains essential and valuable nutrients that are beneficial to broiler diets and can also solve waste disposal problem by turning waste into wealth.