Roseline Olobatoke Author

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Effect of scent leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) meal on the growth performance and fecal bacterial load of cockerel chicks

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Roseline Olobatoke

This experiment was carried out at the Poultry unit of Kabba College of Agriculture, to determine the effect of scent leaf meal (SLM) on the growth performance and fecal bacterial load of cockerel chicks. A total of 96 day old cockerel chicks were randomly allotted to 4 treatments, each treatment consisting of 4 replicates with 6 birds per replicate in a completely randomized design experiment. The treatments consisted of feeding SLM-supplemented diets to cockerel chicks at the inclusion rate of 0% (T1=control), 1% (T2), 2% (T3) and 3% (T4) respectively for seven weeks, after one week acclimatization period. The parameters assessed were body weight, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio (FCR), performance index and fecal total bacterial count. Data obtained were analyzed using repeate... view more»

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