Assessment of Egg Production Indices of Layers Following Dietary Inclusion of Composite Cassava (Manihot esculanta) Meal

摘要

Ninety (90) 40-week-old laying hens of the Lowman Brown strain were used in a 10 weeks experiment to determine the effect of replacing dietary maize meal at 0%,10%, 20%, 30% and 40% levels with composite cassava meal (CCM) on the performance of layingbirds. Feed intake and feed per dozen eggs increased with increasing level of CCM in diet. Other parameters were generally similar among all groups. Results suggest that the diets containing various inclusion levels of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% CCM were equally utilised by the laying hens.