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Effect of wet feed on performance of cockerel chicks. (262)

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J.V. Ogbonna
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, P.M.B. 5029, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria
A.O. Dredein
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, P.M.B. 5029, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Wet cassava peel meal
Dry cassava peel meal
Performance
Cockerel chicks

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Effect of wet feed on performance of cockerel chicks. (262). (2000). Tropical Agriculture, 77(4). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1479
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Abstract

Cassava peels of mixed varieties, harvested at 11 months of age were used during an 8-week trial period involving 66 day-old Hyperco cockerels. The chicks were randomly allotted to two dietary treatments, A (dry meal) and B (wet meal). The mean daily feed intake, water consumption, body weight gain, feed conversion efficiency, and abdominal fat deposit values showed significant (P < 0.05) differences between treatments. There were no significant (P > 0.05) effects of the treatments on carcass weight and composition. The use of wet cassava peel meal is beneficial to cockerel chick growth performance.
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