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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Economic analysis of broiler chicken diet containing graded levels of sun-dried cassava (Manihot esculenta cartz) root meal
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2024.439 | Article Number: 01A317D63 | Vol.9 (3) - June 2024
Received Date: 18 April 2024 | Accepted Date: 27 May 2024 | Published Date: 30 June 2024
Authors: Latu, M. Y. , Wumnokol, D. P. , Guluwa, L. Y.* , Magaji S. T. and Gulukun, E. Z.
Keywords: feed cost, broiler chicken, cassava root, cost savings, sun-drying.
An experiment was conducted at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Research Farm, Bauchi, to determine the replacement value of sun-dried cassava (Manihot esculenta cart) root meal (SDCRM) for maize in broiler diets. Five diets were formulated in which SDCRM was incorporated in the diet to replace maize at 0%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% levels designated as diet 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The feeds and water were supplied ad-libitum) to the birds and the experiment lasted for a period of seven weeks. The chicks were brooded for one week, fed with commercial super broiler starter (vital feeds) with all the routine practices followed. Two hundred and twenty-five (225) chicks were weighed and randomly allotted to five dietary treatments in five replicate lots of 9 chicks per replicate each. The routine management practices were maintained in the five experimental diets for seven weeks in a completely randomized design (CRD). Treatment 1 has the highest total feed in monetary value of N279.79a compared to SDCRM values N207.83d, N223.18b, N215.04c, N205.89e, for diets 2(20%), 3(30%), 4(40%) and 5(50%), respectively. The gained in weight (kg) of the birds fed SDCRM significantly decreased when compared to the control diet, however, percentage cost saving increased as the inclusion levels of SDCRM increased. The cost of the diet was less for diet with SDCRM leading to an increase in the money saved from feeding the diets to birds. It can be concluded that SDCRM inclusion in the diets of broiler chickens has no or less adverse effects with concomitant reduction in the cost of feed/kg LWG.
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