Effects of graded levels of kolanut husk on the performance of cockerels

Auteurs-es

  • B. B. Babatunde Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, P.M.B 5029, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria
  • R. A. Hamzat Cocoa Research institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5244, Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v32i1.1035

Mots-clés :

cockerels, kolanut husk, performance

Résumé

Eighty black Nera cockerel chicks were randomly alloted to four dietarey treatmants containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% kolanut husk meal (KHM) for twelve weeks. Significant differences (P<0.05) in feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion ratio were observed. Dietary inclusion of KHM depressed (P<0.05) growth rate feed conversion ratio and nutrition uilization of cockerels birds. There were linear reduction (P>0.05) in nitrogen retention and apparent crude fibre digestibility (ACFD) of  cockerels birds at each incremental KHM dietary levels. This indicated that KHM could be effeciently utilized by cockerels up to 205 dietary level above which the depression in growth rate occurs.

Biographie de l'auteur-e

B. B. Babatunde, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, P.M.B 5029, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria

Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology

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Publié-e

2021-01-01

Comment citer

Babatunde, B. B., & Hamzat, R. A. (2021). Effects of graded levels of kolanut husk on the performance of cockerels. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 32(1), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v32i1.1035

Numéro

Vol. 32 No. 1 (2005)

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