Abstract
Three graded levels (15, 30 and 45%) of each of cassava flours, peeled cassava meal (PCM), unpeeled cassava meal (UCM) and garri were fed to Ross — type broiler chicks from one to six weeks of age and thereafter treatment groups were fed a common finisher ration to 10 weeks of age. All substitutions were made at the expense of maize and each treatment diet contained 24% crude protein. At six weeks of age the result showed that cassava meals could substitute the maize component up to 45% without adverse effect on the final live-weight, feed consumption and feed efficiency. Also different processing methods applied to the cassava tubers did not affect the performance of birds. At 10 weeks of age only the birds on garri showed slight but significant differences relative to other dietary treatments.
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