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Original Articles

Assessment of Egg Production Indices of Layers Following Dietary Inclusion of Composite Cassava (Manihot esculanta) Meal

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Pages 69-72 | Received 19 Feb 2007, Accepted 15 Dec 2007, Published online: 14 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

Okereke, C.O., Ukachukwu, S.N. and Umesiobi, D.O. 2008. Assessment of egg production indices of layers following dietary inclusion of composite cassava (Manihot esculanta) meal. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 33: 69–72.

Ninety (90) 40-week-old laying hens of the Lowman Brown strain were used in a 10 weeks experiment to determine the effect of replacing dietary maize meal at 0%,10%, 20%, 30% and 40% levels with composite cassava meal (CCM) on the performance of laying birds. Feed intake and feed per dozen eggs increased with increasing level of CCM in diet. Other parameters were generally similar among all groups. Results suggest that the diets containing various inclusion levels of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% CCM were equally utilised by the laying hens.

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