Biology

Meal

Feed conversion ratio

Animal science

Endocrinology

Food science

Laying

Palm kernel

Physics

Astronomy

Body weight

Haugh unit

Palm oil

Completely randomized design

Fermentation

Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment

An experiment was carried out to determine the performance of laying hens fed maize-free diets null based on combinations of fermented cassava tuber meal (FCMT), palm kernel cake (PKC) and dried null brewers«¤?? grains (DBG) as source of energy. Diet I (control) contained maize as the main source of null energy while diets 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 contained FCTM, PKC and DBG at percentages of 30, 20, 20; 35, null 15, 20; 35, 20, 15; 25, 20, 25 and 25, 25 and 20, respectively, completely eliminating maize. Each diet null was fed to a group of 24 laying hens for 12 weeks, using completely randomized design (CRD). The null layers on the maize-free diets tended to consume more feed than those on the control diet. The group null on diet 3 (35%: 15%: 20%) recorded significantly (P 0.05) in egg weights. The null group on the control diet and that on diet 3 recorded significantly (P<0.05) superior feed conversion null ratios. Haugh unit of the eggs from diet 4 was significantly (P<0.05) higher than the others. Diets 3 null recorded the lowest feed cost of egg production with the value of N178.67 per kg eggs as against null N210.25 per kg eggs from the control. The results of the trial have shown that fermented cassava null tuber meal, palm kernel cake and dried brewers«¤?? grains can be used to produce maize-fee low-cost null diets for laying hens if properly combined.

USE OF FERMENTED CASSAVA, PALM KERNEL CAKE AND DRIED BREWERS«¤?? GRAINS TO PRODUCE MAIZE- FREE LOW-COST DIETS FOR LAYING HENS