THE PERFORMANCE OF WEST AFRICAN DWARF WEANER BUCKS FED GRADED LEVELS OF GROUNDNUT TESTA AS REPLACEMENT FOR FULL FAT SOYBEAN
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.5677Keywords:
Bucks, Full Fat Soybean, Groundnut Testa, Performance and ReplacementAbstract
A total of nine (9) West African Dwarf weaner bucks were used to evaluate their performance when fed diets in which groundnut testa composite replaced soybean meal at graded levels. A Completely Randomized Design was used and animals were grouped randomly into three treatments of three replicate, each animal served as a replicate and were designated as T1 (control), T2 (50%) and T3 (100%). Three diets were formulated designated diet 1, 2 and 3 with 0% (control), 50% and 100% for T1, T2 and T3,respectively. Results revealed no significant (P>0.05) difference in final mean weight. Significant (P<0.05) difference was observed in weight gain and feed intake as both increased with increasing groundnut composite level in the diets, this was attributed to the diets’ acceptability and palatability. FCR was best in value in T1 but was not statistically different from T2 and T3. It can be concluded that groundnut testa can adequately replace soybean in the diet of goats for optimal productivity and profitability