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EFFECT OF REPLACING MAIZE WITH CASSAVA ROOT MEAL AND MAIZE/SORGHUM BREWERS’ DRIED GRAINS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF STARTER BROILERS
- Source :
- Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 363-368 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2010.
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Abstract
- A study was carried out with one hundred and twenty one-week-old Hubbard broilers to determine the effect of replacing maize with cassava root meal (CRM) and maize/sorghum brewers’ dried grains (MSBDG) on performance of starter broilers. Four experimental diets were formulated to contain 0, 15, 30 and 45% CRM and MSBDG combined in the ratio of 1:1 in the broiler starter rations. There was no difference (P>0.05) in feed intake among the birds on 0, 15 and 45% CRM/MSBDG, but these were lower (P0.05) in daily weight gain among the birds on 0, 15 and 30 CRM/MSBDG diets, and each of these was higher than that of the birds on 45% CRM/MSBDG diet. The feed convertion ratio of 0% compared favourably with that of the birds on 15% diets, and these two diets were better (P
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 18700462
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4d6626857624073972fda35b49e436b
- Document Type :
- article