Open AccessEffects of graded levels of kolanut husk on the performance of cockerels
Author(s) -
B. B. Babatunde,
R. A. Hamzat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v32i1.1035
Subject(s) - husk , feed conversion ratio , meal , zoology , food science , chemistry , significant difference , biology , body weight , botany , endocrinology , medicine
Eighty black Nera cockerel chicks were randomly alloted to four dietarey treatmants containing 0, 10, 20 and 30% kolanut husk meal (KHM) for twelve weeks. Significant differences (P 0.05) in nitrogen retention and apparent crude fibre digestibility (ACFD) of cockerels birds at each incremental KHM dietary levels. This indicated that KHM could be effeciently utilized by cockerels up to 205 dietary level above which the depression in growth rate occurs.