GROWTH PERFORMANCE NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY AND COST/BODY WEIGHT GAIN ANALYSIS OF GUINEA FOWL KEETS FED VARYING INCLUSION LEVELS OF BOILED Senna occidentalis MEAL.

Authors

  • Y. S. KUDU Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
  • B. A. AYANWALE Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
  • A. AREMU Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
  • I. T. ABDULMAJEED Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
  • M. J. IBRAHIM Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State
  • A. A. MALIK Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7810

Keywords:

Guinea fowl keets, Boiled Senna occidentalis meal, feed cost/body weight gain

Abstract

A total of one hundred and twenty guinea fowl keets were used in the experiment. The birds were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups. Boiled Senna occidentalis meal (MSOM) was included at 0.0%, 6.5%, 13.0% and 19.5% and designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively. Significant differences (P<0.05) were observed in all the parameters measured, which included feed intake, final weight, FCR, water intake, protein efficiency ratio, energy efficiency ratio and feed cost/weight gain. Although the cost of feed/kilogram tends to decrease as the inclusion level of MSOM increases this does not translate into higher weight gain but rather the feed cost/body gain tends to increase, from the result of the experiment, boiled Senna occidentalis meal tends not to have positive effect on the growth performance of guinea fowl keets.

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Published

2024-07-30

How to Cite

KUDU, Y. S., AYANWALE, B. A., AREMU, A., ABDULMAJEED, I. T., IBRAHIM, M. J., & MALIK, A. A. (2024). GROWTH PERFORMANCE NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY AND COST/BODY WEIGHT GAIN ANALYSIS OF GUINEA FOWL KEETS FED VARYING INCLUSION LEVELS OF BOILED Senna occidentalis MEAL. Nigerian Journal of Animal Production, 555–557. https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7810

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2017: NSAP 2017 Proceedings

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