RESPONSE OF BROILERS TO DIETARY LEVELS OF SUNFLOWER SEED
RESPONSE OF BROILERS TO DIETARY LEVELS OF SUNFLOWER SEED
| dc.contributor.author | TAIYE, SUNDAY OLUGBEMI | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-05T08:15:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-05T08:15:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-04 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA APRIL, 1998 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Broiler chicks were fed diets containing 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50% sunflower seed (SFS) during the starter and finisher phases. Increase in dietary level of SFS above 20% caused a significant decrease in feed intake, weight gain and increase in feed conversion ratio (P<0.05) during the starter phase(0-4 weeks). During the finisher phase(5-8 weeks), birds fed with 50% SFS had a lower feed intake and weight gain compared to birds fed the other diets (P<0.05). Feedcost/kg weight gain were lower for birds fed diet with 40 or 50% SFS (P<0.05). However, there was no significant effect of the dietary level of SFS on mortality rate (P>0.05) both at the starter and finisher phases. Over the 8 week experimental period, increase in dietary level of SFS above 20% caused a decrease in feed intake , weight gain and feed conversion ratio (P<0.05). Dietary levels of SFS above 3 0% also reduced carcass and gizzard weight (P>0.05) but had no significant effect on other organs (P>0.05). It is concluded that broilers could tolerate up to 20% SFS without detrimental effect on performance. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5535 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | BROILERS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | DIETARY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | SEED | en_US |
| dc.subject | SUNFLOWER, | en_US |
| dc.title | RESPONSE OF BROILERS TO DIETARY LEVELS OF SUNFLOWER SEED | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |