Apparent nutrient digestibility of broiler starter fed varying levels of processed taro cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) meal based diet

Authors

  • A.W. Ajetunmobi Adeniran Ogunsanya college of Education, Ijanikin
  • S. A. Eguaoje
  • C. A. Adeniji School of Agriculture, Lagos State University, Epe, Lagos
  • M. T. Omesa Devine Fisheries farm estate, 12 Junction Ring Road
  • A. Iwegbu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v46i5.255

Keywords:

Broiler Starter, Taro Cocoyam, Nutrient digestibility, Parboiled-Sundried

Abstract

A ten-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the apparent nutrient digestibility of 120, one-day old broiler starter chicks fed varying levels of Parboiled sundried taro cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) meal (PSCM). Four treatments were formulated with diet one containing 100% maize as control, while in diet two, three and four parboiled sundried cocoyam meal (PSCM) replaced the percentage proportion of maize in diet one at 50, 75 and 100% inclusion levels respectively. Thirty (30) birds were randomly assigned to the four treatment diets in a complete randomized designed (CRD) and each treatment group contained three replicates with ten (10) birds each. Ground fed feed and voided faecal samples collected after a 4-day feeding in a metabolic cage were analyzed for their respective proximate constituent. Apparent nutrient digestibility revealed that crude fibre was significantly (P<0.05) higher in diet 4 while crude ash was significantly (P<0.05) higher in control. Digestible ether extract and NFE were significantly (P<0.05) higher among birds placed on 50% PSCM. It is therefore concluded that parboiled sundried taro cocoyam meal (PSCM) could replace 50% of maize in broiler starter diet without any deleterious effect. However, substituting maize with parboiled sundried taro cocoyam meal at 50% replacement level improved nutrient digestibility and is hereby recommended for poultry farmers.

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Published

2020-12-19

How to Cite

Ajetunmobi, A., Eguaoje, S. A., Adeniji, C. A., Omesa, M. T., & Iwegbu, A. (2020). Apparent nutrient digestibility of broiler starter fed varying levels of processed taro cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) meal based diet. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 46(5), 149 –. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v46i5.255

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