DETERMIN ATION OF THE APPARENT AND TRUE METABOLISABLE ENERGY VALUE OF THEVETIA OIL

Authors

  • O. A. ADEYEMI University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria
  • O. J. ATTEH University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria
  • S. A. IBIYEMI University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v28i2.1864

Keywords:

Thevetia oil, productive performance, metabolisable energy, broiler starter

Abstract

An experiment was designed to evaluate the metabolisable energy value of solvent extracted thevetia oil for the chicken. Apart from the metabolisable energy value, the productive performance and nutrient retention was also examined. Day-old broiler chicks were fed diets with 0.0, 2.5, 5.0 or 10.0% thevetia oil over a 2-week period. There was no significant difference (P<0.05) of the treatments on feed intake, weight gain, feed efficiency or mortality rate. The apparent metabolisable energy (AME) and the true metabolisable energy (TME) values of thevetia oil were determined to be 7846 and 8016 Kcal/Kg respectively.

 

Author Biographies

O. A. ADEYEMI, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria

Department of Animal Production,

O. J. ATTEH, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria

Department of Animal Production

S. A. IBIYEMI, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria

Department of Chemistry

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Published

2021-01-04

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (2001)

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