Performance Of Grower Grasscutter (Thyronomys Swinderianus) Fed Orange Coloured Flesh Sweet Potato-Based Diets With Graded Protien Levels:- Okorie, Ogbonnaya K.
ABSTRACT
Performance
of grower grasscutter fed orange coloured flesh sweet potato-based diet with
varying protein levels was investigated. Sixteen (16) 10-week old grower
grasscutters of equal weight are randomly selected allocated to four (4)
dietary treatment. Each treatment having two (2) replicates of 2 grasscutters
per replicate in a completely randomized Resign (RCD). The four treatments
which differed in their protein contents of 8, 12, 16, and 20% respectively but
having the same energy level. Orange coloured flesh sweet potato served as the
main source of energy. The experiment lasted for 10 weeks during which feed
intake and growth performance of the grasscutters were examined. Results showed
that grower grasscutters were not significantly influenced by the differences
in the levels of crude protein in the diet. However, it appeared that
grasscutters on the 12 percent crude protein diet had the highest feed intake
and weight gain but the feed conversion ratio was highest on 8% crude protein
level. The cost to gain ratio was significantly (p<0.05) influenced by the
diet. Also, the cost effectiveness of diets increased with increase in dietary
crude protein. It is therefore, concluded that though the effect of crude
protein levels of feed intake and weight were not significantly different, the
higher value in respect of these parameters on the 12% .crude protein diet
suggests that the optimum crude protein requirement for grower grasscutter on
orange coloured flesh sweet potato-based diet is 12%
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OKORIE, K (2023). Performance Of Grower Grasscutter (Thyronomys Swinderianus) Fed Orange Coloured Flesh Sweet Potato-Based Diets With Graded Protien Levels:- Okorie, Ogbonnaya K.. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/performance-of-grower-grasscutter-thyronomys-swinderianus-fed-orange-coloured-flesh-sweet-potato-based-diets-with-graded-protien-levels-okorie-ogbonnaya-k-7-2
KENNETH, OKORIE. "Performance Of Grower Grasscutter (Thyronomys Swinderianus) Fed Orange Coloured Flesh Sweet Potato-Based Diets With Graded Protien Levels:- Okorie, Ogbonnaya K." Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 01 Nov. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/performance-of-grower-grasscutter-thyronomys-swinderianus-fed-orange-coloured-flesh-sweet-potato-based-diets-with-graded-protien-levels-okorie-ogbonnaya-k-7-2. Accessed 06 May. 2024.
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KENNETH, OKORIE. "Performance Of Grower Grasscutter (Thyronomys Swinderianus) Fed Orange Coloured Flesh Sweet Potato-Based Diets With Graded Protien Levels:- Okorie, Ogbonnaya K." Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 06 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/performance-of-grower-grasscutter-thyronomys-swinderianus-fed-orange-coloured-flesh-sweet-potato-based-diets-with-graded-protien-levels-okorie-ogbonnaya-k-7-2