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Performance and Nutrient Utilization of Pullet Grower Chickens Fed Diets Containing Prosopis Africana Seed Coat Meal Treated With Polyzyme

Abstract

The study evaluated the effect of prosopis africana seed coat meal (PASCM) on the performance and nutrient utilization of three hundred (300) Nera brown pullet grower birds that were fed for 12 weeks. The birds were randomly allotted to 5 experimental diets with 3 replications of 20 birds each. The diets were formulated with the inclusion of PASCM at 0, 15, 20, 25 and 30% levels, respectively and the data collected were subjected to analysis of Variance in a completely randomized design. Results obtained indicated that the experimental diets significantly (P < 0.05) affected the average feed intake, while body weight gain, final weight of birds, FCR and PER were not affected (P > 0.05).  Mortality was not observed. The Nutrient digestibility of CP and NFE did not showed significant (P > 0.05) effect, but CF and EE were affected by the dietary treatments. It is therefore suggested that 20% PASCM inclusion level could be adopted for optimum growth performance and nutrient digestibility in pullet growers’ diets.

Keywords: Nutrient Digestibility, PASCM, Performance, Pullet Grower chickens

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37745/gjar.2013

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