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Utilisation of cassava (Manihot esculenta) peel-based diet supplemented with or without Farmazyme® 3000 Proenx by growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A.O.K. Adesehinwa*
Affiliation:
Institute of Agrucultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
O.O. Obi
Affiliation:
Institute of Agrucultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
B. Makanjuola
Affiliation:
Institute of Agrucultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
O. Afolabi
Affiliation:
Institute of Agrucultural Research & Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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In view of severe constraints of high cost and sometimes, outright scarcity of maize (the conventional energy source) for pig feeding, the use of some agro-industrial by-products (AIBPs), such as cassava peel is inevitable (Adesehinwa, 2007). However, the fibrous nature of most of the AIBPs has been reported to be a major limitation to their utilisation by pigs (Longe & Fagbenro-Byron, 1990). It has become imperative to incorporate exogenous enzyme(s) into pig diets containing AIBPs, in order to enhance its efficient utilisation by bringing about the breakdown of the limiting non-starch polysaccarides (NSPs) (Ani & Omeje, 2007). It was therefore the aim of this study to determine the effect of the total replacement of maize with cassava peel, supplemented with or without Farmazyme® 3000 Proenx on diet quality, as well as, growth performance, efficiency of feed conversion, some carcass traits and haematological indices of the growing pigs.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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