Diets Digestibility, Carcass and Haematological Characteristics of a Dual-Purpose Local Chicken Strain Fed Graded Levels of Cassava-Sweet Potato Meal as Energy Substitute for Maize

Christian Keambou Tiambo,Frederico Oliviera Lisita,Jean Paul Toukala,Christian Tistoh Vukiesu,Raquel Soares Juliano,Kenneth Ndamukong,Annie Marie Yvonne Tedongmo

doi:10.14737/journal.aavs/2016/4.11.563.570

Abstract

Diets Digestibility, Carcass and Haematological Characteristics of a Dual-Purpose Local Chicken Strain Fed Graded Levels of Cassava-Sweet Potato Meal as Energy Substitute for Maize

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Maize occupies the highest percentage of most compounded rations for monogastric animals, taking about 40-60% their diet (Onimisi and Dafwang, 2010).The increasing pressure on the use of maize by human population and livestock feed millers coupled with the cost of maize which fluctuates with the seasons of the year, making the cereal grain to be either scarce or expensive, stimulate the use of alternative sources of energy that are November 2016 | Volume 4 | Issue 11 | Page 563 NE AcademicUS Publishers locally available, the starchy roots and tubers abounding throughout humid tropics
This study aimed at contributing chicken productivity by evaluating effect of pelleted diets with graded inclusion levels of cassava-sweet potato meal (CASPM) as energy substitute for maize on the carcass and haematological parameters of Cameroon Kabir chickens
Lipids apparent digestibility gave a negative value for DSD1, showing lipids being excreted, Table 2: Proximate analysis of experimental diets (D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5), cassava and sweet potato meals

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Introduction

US Publishers locally available, the starchy roots and tubers abounding throughout humid tropics. Replacing maize with cheaper feed ingredients like cassava and sweet potato is likely to significantly reduce the total production cost (Okah, 2004; Akinmutimi, 2004). Exploitation of locally available feedstuffs could be of great contribution to booster that livestock sector, when they are non-high-competitive feed materials. Under tropical conditions cassava and sweet potato are the most productive crop in terms of energy yield per unit land area. The availability throughout the year, efficient production of cheap energy, drought tolerance and ability to thrive on marginal oils motivate renewed attention to these crops (Hahn and Keyser, 1985; Lekule and Sarwatt, 1992)

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