THE EFFECT OF REPLACING MAIZE WITH DRIED SWEET POTATOES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LAYERS

Sweet potato was incorporated into layers diet to replace 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 per cent levels of maize respectively. The effect on the performances of 26-weck old pullets for 10 weeks was studied. Replacement of maize with dried sweet potato up to 20% in layers ration, did not have an appreciable effect on feed intake, weight gain, total egg production, egg weight and feed conversion, as the apparent differences were not significant