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Performance of broilers and rabbits given diets containing full fat neem (Azadirachta indica) seed meal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

M. B. Salawut ,
S. K. Adedeji  and
W. H. Hassan
M. B. Salawut
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria
S. K. Adedeji
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria
W. H. Hassan
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria
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Abstract

Experiments were carried out to establish the suitability of full fat neem seed meal (FFNSM) in broiler and growing rabbit diets. In the broiler experiment, 200-day-old (Babcock) broiler chicks were used in a 10-week trial, with the FFNSM fixed at 0 (control), 25, 50, 75 and 100 g/kg diet. In the rabbit experiment 24 rabbits of three different breeds were used in an 8-week trial, with the FFNSM fixed at 0 (control), 100, 200 and 300 g/kg diet. The criteria of response were food intake, weight gain, food conversion and protein efficiency ratio and mortality. There was a significant (P < 0·05) negative correlation between the dietary inclusion of FFNSM, weight gain and food conversion efficiency of the birds in the starter phase. In the finisher phase from 5 to 10 weeks, food intake, weight gain, food conversion and protein efficiency ratio did not differ significantly (P > 0·05) between the birds on the control diet and diets containing up to 75 g FFNSM per kg. For all the measurements, rabbits on the diet with 100 g FFNSM per kg gave better results than the control. Food intake, weight gain, food conversion efficiency and protein efficiency ratio did not differ significantly (P > 0·05) between rabbits on control diet and the diet containing 200 g FFNSM per kg. Performance on the diet with 300 g FFNSM per kg was poorest.

Keywords

broilersfood conversiongrowthneem seed cakerabbits.
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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 1994 , pp. 285 - 289
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1994

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