Abstract
The performance of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats grazing natural pasture and supplemented with different levels of urea-treated cassava peels (UTCP) was evaluated. The urea treatments were 0% UTCP, 4% UTCP (40g urea/kg), 6% UTCP (60g urea/kg) and 8% UTCP (80g urea/kg).Twenty WAD bucks aged between 6 and 9 months and weighing on the average 7.7±1.2kg were randomly allocated to five treatment diets consisting of either natural herbage alone (NH); NH + 0% UTCP (0% UTCP,) NH + 4% UTCP (4% UTCP), NH + 6% UTCP (6% UTCP) and NH + 8% UTCP (8% UTCP) respectively in a completely randomized design experiment lasting 84 days to evaluate the potentials of UTCP as a supplement to natural pasture. Total daily feed intake, daily weight gain and weight gain per gramme nitrogen intake varied significantly (P
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