March 2013

Carcass and physiological response of broilers fed dry heat treated mango (Magnifera indica) kernel based diet

  This study examined the replacement of dry heat treated mango kernel at different levels (0, 10, 20 and 30%) in the diet of 120 Anak broiler birds. The birds were allotted to four treatments of 10 birds each and the experiment was replicated 3 times. They were fed ad libitum and data were collected on performance [feed intake, weight gain, and feed conversion ratio (FCR)], blood and serum parameters...

Author(s): AMAO Emmanuel Ayodele and SIYANBOLA Mojisola Funmilayo

March 2013

The effect of feeding different levels of dried tomato pomace on the performance of Rhode Island Red (RIR) grower chicks

  This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding dried tomato pomace (DTP) with commercial ration on the performance of Rhode Island Red (RIR) grower chicks. A total of one hundred RIR grower chicks at eight weeks of age were grouped into 20 pens of 5 chicks each, and randomly assigned to five treatments (control; 5% DTP; 10% DTP; 15% DTP; 20% DTP) according to a completely randomized design...

Author(s): Melkamu Bezabih Yitbarek