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Sustainable empowerment of rural women in Nigeria: Transforming waste into wealth by nourishing goats with corn cobs and cassava peels at different tiers

https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2025.565   |   Article Number: 6A2DA8E43   |   Vol.10 (3) - June 2025

Received Date: 26 April 2025   |   Accepted Date: 16 June 2025  |   Published Date: 30 June 2025

Authors:  Oyinlola, O. O.* , Adams, T. O. , Oshibanjo, O. D. , Okunlola, O. O. and Ogungbenro, S. D.

Keywords: goats, Cassava peels, organoleptic properties, corn cobs, proximate analysis.

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The study aimed at exploring Waste-to-Wealth Feeding by investigating the viability of using corn cobs and cassava peels as goat feed. The growth performance and sensory evaluation of chevon fed different levels of corn cobs and cassava peels as goat feed were investigated. A total of sixteen (16) growing bucks were purchased from different sources and were quarantined accordingly before rearing them together for acclimatisation. They were weighed individually and allotted into the rearing sixteen (16) units, four (4) treatments and four (4) replicates of one (1) animal per and were reared for 24 weeks.  The organoleptic evaluation of the fried goat meat revealed that the colour of the goat placed on treatment T1 was significantly different from the others that were placed on treatments T2-T4. The tenderness of goats placed on treatments T1 and T2 was significantly (p<0.05) different from those placed on treatments T3 and T4. Juiciness of goats placed on treatments T1, T2 and T4 was significantly (p>0.05) different from those placed on treatments T1, T2 and T3. The overall acceptability was not significantly (p>0.05) different from each other. The proximate analysis of the fried goat meat showed that there were no variations in the proximate parameters across all the treatments (T1-T4). The results of the weight gain of the goats fed corn cobs and cassava peels showed that T1 and T2 were significantly (p<0.05) different from T3 and T4, with T1 having the highest weight gain value of 7.40 kg and T3 having the least value of 5.15 kg. The feed consumed by the animals was significantly (P<0.05) different across the treatments, with T1 having 32.00 kg as the highest value observed and T3 with the lowest consumption value of 30.50kg. The feed conversion ratio (FCR) was also significantly different from one another, although T1 and T2 were not significantly different from T3 and T4. Feeding goats with corn cobs and cassava peels at varying levels is therefore recommended for ruminant farmers, especially at 25% and 75% respectively.

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