The Effect of Feeding Cassava Peels Meal and Palm Kernel Cake (PKC) Mixtures on the Productive Performance of Grower Pigs.
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: The study was carried out for a period of ten (10) weeks at the piggery unit of the Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of feeding cassava peels meal and palm kernel cake (PKC) at 50:50 ratio on the performance of grower pigs. The performance of grower pigs were determined using fourty (40) grower pigs of large white breed. The pigs were divided into 5 groups based on average initial weight (20-25kg) and each group of grower pigs were respectively allocated to each of the five treatment diets in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). During the feeding trial, weekly feed consumption and weight changes were recorded for all the treatments, while weekly weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio were estimated to assess performance of the grower pigs. The results from the study showed significant (p<0.05) differences for the performance characteristics of grower pigs and this indicate that increased inclusion of cassava peels/PKC mixture in diets for grower pigs invariably led to reduction in the cost of feed but the 25% level of replacement for maize resulted in the higher revenue of N1517.62 per pig and this therefore proved to be the most suitable formulation.
Authors: Moseri, H, Oboh S.O., Okosun S.E
Institution: Ambrose Alli University
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7217595751