Effects of Noug Seed (Guizotia abyssinica) Cake Substitution with Treated Tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis) Leaf Meal on Production Performances of Bovans Brown Layer Chickens

Amare Sisay Sendekie¹ , Habtamu Ayalew Kasahun² , Yohannes Dagnew Alemayhu³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.8 , pp.69-73, Aug-2021

Online published on Aug 31, 2021

Copyright © Amare Sisay Sendekie, Habtamu Ayalew Kasahun, Yohannes Dagnew Alemayhu . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
Accessibility, quality and market price of feeds are the critical challenges of chicken production especially intensive and semi-intensive production systems in Ethiopia. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of substitution noug seed cake (NSC) by treated tagasaste leaf meal (TTLM) on feed intake(FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), bodyweight change (BWC), egg production and economic feasibility. For this study one hundred eight, 32 weeks age of Bovans Brown chickens were used. Each ingredient was done the proximate analysis, then four iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric based ration diets were formulated which contain TTLM at 0 (T1), 5 (T2), 10 (T3) and 15% (T4). Complete Random Design (CRD) was used in to grouping four treatments, three replicate (9 chicken/replicate) and the experiment lasted for 12 weeks. Chickens were weighed individually at the start and end of the experiment period. Data collecting daily based obtained from dry matter intake (DMI), hen day egg production (HDEP), average egg weight (AEW) and egg mass (EM). The result showed that DMI, BWC, FCR, HDEP, HHEP, AEW and EM were not significantly different (P>0.05) among the treatment. The level substitution of TTLM in layer ration increase, the feed cost was decreased and egg sell per feed cost was increased. Therefore, we recommend substitute NSC by TTLM up to 15% for laying chicken ration were more economically feasible and implies a great opportunity in utilizing TTLM and further investigation will be needed on different chicken production traits.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Bovans Brown, Egg production, Treated Tagasaste Leaf Meal

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