An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of replacing maize with Cassava Peel Meal (CPM) on the carcass, organ and pathological characteristics of growing pigs. Twenty-four 16-week old pigs of Landrace x Large White breed were raised on four experimental diets where CPM replaced maize at 0, 10, 20 and 30 percent levels. The diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous and isoenerget...

The quest to broaden the narrow range of feed ingredients available to pig producers has prompted research on the use of low cost, unconventional feedstuffs, which are typically fibrous and abundant. Maize cobs, a by-product of a major cereal grown worldwide, have potential to be used as a pig feed ingredient. Presently, maize cobs are either dumped or burnt for fuel. The major challenge in usi...

Two origin of starch – maize and wheat were tested by using four non lactating cows with rumen and duodenal Tcannules in the experiment. Cr2O3 was used as a marker of nutrient flow to the duodenum. Cows were fed diets consisting of, %: forage 70, maize and/or wheat meal 27 and/or 29, soyabeanmeal 2 and vitamix S 1, on dry matter basis. Starch origin did not affect ruminal fermentation significa...

AIM The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of Gabing San Fernando (Xanthosoma spp.) corms as partial carbohydrate replacement for maize in finisher broiler production. MATERIALS AND METHODS The completely randomized design was utilized to investigate the effects of three finisher poultry diets prepared in varying amounts of cocoyam-corm meal set at 0% (control), 25%, and 50...

this research aimed at investigating the effect of different levels of nitrogen and planting patterns on dry matter production and growth physiological indices in intercropping maize and sunflower. to do this a split plot experiment carried out based randomized complete block design with three replications in research field of shushtar islamic azad university. the main plot included three level...

Sheep fitted with re-entrant canulas in the proximal duodenum and terminal ileum were used to determine the amount of alpha-glucoside entering, and apparently disappearing from, the small intestine when either dried-grass or ground maize-based diets were fed. The fate of any alpha-glucoside entering the small intestine was studied by comparing the net disappearance of such alpha-glucoside from ...

A nine (9) weeks feeding trial was conducted on seventy two (72) day-old Indigenous turkey poults raised deep litter to determine their growth performance, carcass and economic characteristics when fed three dietary treatments (T1, T2, T3, containing 0%, 25% 50% replacement of maize with millet respectively. The birds were divided into replicates 8 per replicate; making a total 24 treatment. At...

The in sacco dry matter (DM) degradability of diets based on maize stover harvested at three stages of maturity and supplemented with graded levels of desmodium (Desmodium intortum cv. Greenleaf) hay were estimated from degradability of the individual feeds and their corresponding DM intake. The estimated DM degradability of the diets was used for prediction of DM intake (DMI), digestible DM in...

I . Lambs fitted with cannulas in the abomasum, terminal ileum and caecum were used to study the digestion of starch and dry matter when rations with high starch content were given. Polyethylene glycol was used as an indigestible reference substance. 2. In Expt I reduction in level of feeding from an estimated ad lib. intake to 70% of this level reduced the amount of dietary starch escaping fer...

A 60-day feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the potential of using poultry by-product meal (PBM) as a partial replacement for fish meal (FM) in the diets for juvenile sobaity. Six iso-nitrogenous and iso-lipidic diets were formulated to contain graded levels of PBM, at 0 (as control diet), 15, 25, 35, 45, and 55% of FM replacement. Each diet was fed to groups of 20 juvenile sobaity in trip...