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Performance and economy of production of growing pigs on two levels of cassava flour waste supplemented with palm kernel cake as replacement for maize

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

A.O.K. Adesehinwa  and
J.U. Ogbonna
A.O.K. Adesehinwa*
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan. Nigeria
J.U. Ogbonna
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Moor Plantation, Ibadan. Nigeria
*
E-mail: aoadesehinwa@softhome.netor, aokadesehinwa@yahoo.com
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Swine production in Nigeria is still at a very low level, though it has been gaining some attention, especially in the South western Nigeria. Being monogastric in nature, the cost of feed in a pig enterprise is enormous and could be as high as up to 75-80% in the fattening herd and 60-65% in the breeding herd. However, to reduce this high cost of dietary ingredients and feeding that are associated with intensive animal production system, more attention should be paid to unused resources which are regarded as useless for human consumption or nutrition and non competitive (Ter Meulen and El-Harith, 1985). Both cassava flour wastes and palm kernel cake fall into this class (Tegbe et al, 1995). The aim of this study therefore, was to replace the maize fraction in the diet of the growing pigs with two levels of cassava flour waste (CFW) supplemented with palm kernel cake (PKC).

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 160
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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