Processed Garbage Meal in the Chick Ration

Amino acid supplementation of a corn-soybean oil meal chick ration

Cassava Root Meal as Substitute for Maize in Layers Ration

The effect of replacing maize with graded levels of cassava root meal (CRM) as energy source in the diet of laying hens was evaluated during the eight weeks of feeding experiment on performance and cost benefits on layers. Forty-five Nera black laying hens of 24 weeks of age were allocated to five dietary treatments, with nine birds per treatment in a completely randomized design. CRM was used ...

Replacing Conventionally Processed Soybean Meal with Extruded/Expelled Soybean Meal in Swine Diets

Nutritional Evaluation of Processed Cassava Root Meal Using Albino Rats

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), a shrubby tree of the Euphorbiaceous family, is an extensively cultivated plant in many tropical countries. Annual production estimate in Nigeria was 34 million tonnes in 2009 FAO [1]. Cassava root is a major source of dietary carbohydrate for human and livestock. It is widely accepted that plants grown in various location produced different quality and quant...

Investigation on Biochemically Processed Castor Seed Meal in Nutrition and Physiology of Japanese Quails

Native de-oiled and treated castor seed meal was subjected to proximate analysis and quantification of anti-nutrients (phytochemicals). Seed cake was treated by biochemical technique of solid state fermentation with Aspergillus niger and addition of calcium oxide (CaO) to give treated castor seed meal (TCSM). One hundred and twenty Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were fed four (4) ...