PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF STARTER BROILERS FED DIETS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta) PEEL MEAL SUPPLEMENTED WITH ENZYME

Abstract

A 4- week feeding trial was conducted to investigate the physiological responses of starter broilers fed cassava peel meal (CPM) based diets supplemented with multigrain multienzyme. 180 starter broilers of Arbor acre strain were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments consisting of three replicates of 12 birds each. Five on- farm diets containing 0 (control), 6, 12, 18, and 24% CPM replacing maize coded as T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5, respectively, were formulated. All parameters measured were significantly different (P<0.05). Physiological responses showed that heart rate varied from 239.00 to 347.00 beats/minute; respiratory rate range from 55.67 to 94.33breaths/minute and rectal temperature varied from 40.66 to 41.80oC, respectively, these observed values were significantly (P<0.05) different across dietary treatments. This study indicated that CPM supplemented with enzyme did not negate optimal physiological performance of the birds.