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Response of broiler chickens to graded levels of urea
treated rice offal and sorghum spent grain
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1SO Onuh, 1JJ Okoh, 2EE
Idogah and 3E Ameh |
1Department
of Animal Husbandry;
2Department
of Basic Sciences, Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev,
P.M.B. 181, Gboko-Benue State. NIGERIA,
3Department of Agricultural Education, Federal College of Education
(Technical), Bichi, Kano State Nigeria
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Abstract |
A total of one hundred
and fifty day-old unsexed broiler chickens averaging 50.00 g were
utilized for the purpose of accessing their response to graded levels of
urea treated rice offal and sorghum spent grain. These were randomly
allocated into 5
equal groups
of 30 birds in each treatment
replicated 3 times.
Five diets were designated as control (I), urea
treated rice offal at the rate of 7.5% (II), urea treated rice offal at
the rate of 15% (III), urea treated sorghum at the rate of 7.5% (IV) and
urea treated sorghum at the rate of 15% (V) was included.
The results showed that there were no significant
differences (P>0.05) in all parameters measured among birds fed all
diets. However, it was observed that feed intake increased in urea
treated sorghum spent grain at 7.5% inclusion compared with the same
level of rice offal, however, feed intake reduced in sorghum spent grain
at 15.0% inclusion compared with the same level of inclusion of rice
offal. Furthermore, weight gain increased when 7.5% urea treated sorghum
spent grain was fed compared with birds fed the same level of urea
treated rice offal but reduced with 15.0% inclusion compared with the
same level of inclusion of urea treated rice offal. Efficiency of feed
utilization at 15.0% level of inclusion of urea treated rice offal was
better compared with birds fed other urea treated diets. Finally, feed
cost per unit weight gain improved with urea treatment of sorghum spent
grain. On the basis of the results obtained, it may be recommended that
urea treatment of rice offal or sorghum spent grain could be included up
to 15.0% of the diet of broiler chickens without any adverse effect on
their performance.
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Keywords:
Broilers; urea; rice offal; sorghum spent grain |
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To cite this article:
SO Onuh, JJ Okoh, EE Idogah and E Ameh, 2015.
Response of broiler chickens to graded levels
of urea treated rice offal and sorghum spent grain.
Res.
Opin.
Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(6): 279-283. |
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