RESPONSE OF BROILER FINISHERS TO MIXTURE OF SUN-DRIED CASSAVA AND SWEET POTATO PEEL MEAL BASED DIETS WITH ACIDIFIER SUPPLEMENTATION

Authors

  • P. C. Aguihe Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State
  • A. S. Kehinde Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Jericho-Hill, Ibadan
  • F. G. Ntagbu Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State
  • U. D. Osayande Edo State College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iguonakhi
  • A. S. Wealth Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Jericho-Hill, Ibadan
  • P. Ogialekhe Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.6654

Keywords:

performance, Acidifier, broiler finishers, cassava-sweet potato peel, cost benefit

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the impact of acidifier supplementation to a mixture of sun-dried cassava and sweet potato peels meal in diets of broiler finisher chickens on growth performance and cost implication. A total of 105, 28-day-old Arbor acres broiler chicks were randomly allocated into 4 dietary treatments containing 5 replications of 7 birds each in a completely randomized design. Diet T1 served as the positive control (PC) containing maize-soybean meal based diet, diet T2 served as the negative control (NC) containing 25% replacement of maize with sun-dried cassava-sweet potato peel mixture (CSPPM) in T1 diet, while diet T3 and T4 were formulated to contain 0.5% and 1% acidifier supplementation to NC, respectively. Results showed that final body weight and weight gain were significantly higher (p<0.05) in birds fed PC and 1% acidified CSPPM diets than those fed CSPPM based diet. Feed intake was higher (p<0.05) in PC and acidified CSPPM diets compare to those fed CSPPM based diets. Birds fed PC and 1% acidified CSPPM diets showed significantly (p<0.05) lower feed:gain compared to the group fed CSPPM based diet. Feed cost/intake and feed cost/gain were significantly higher (p<0.05) in control group than in other dietary treatment groups. Feed cost/kg gain reduced significantly (p<0.05) in birds fed acidified CSPPM diets than those fed PC and NC diets. Conclusively, CSPPM can replace maize up to 25% in broiler finisher ration with acidifier supplementation up to 1% inclusion level for improved performance at a lower feed cost/kg gain.

Author Biographies

P. C. Aguihe, Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State

Department of Animal Production Technology

F. G. Ntagbu , Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State

Department of Animal Production Technology

U. D. Osayande, Edo State College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iguonakhi

Department of Agric. Technology

P. Ogialekhe, Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa

Department of Wildlife Management

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Published

2024-09-10

How to Cite

Aguihe, P. C., Kehinde, A. S., Ntagbu , F. G., Osayande, U. D., Wealth, A. S., & Ogialekhe, P. (2024). RESPONSE OF BROILER FINISHERS TO MIXTURE OF SUN-DRIED CASSAVA AND SWEET POTATO PEEL MEAL BASED DIETS WITH ACIDIFIER SUPPLEMENTATION. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 1026–1029. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.6654

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