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dc.contributor.authorTjetjoo, Samuel Uaperendua
dc.contributor.authorMoreki, John Cassius
dc.contributor.authorNsoso, Shalaulani James
dc.contributor.authorMadibela, Othusitse Ricky
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T08:16:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-15T09:03:00Z
dc.date.available2020-09-22T08:16:04Z
dc.date.available2021-03-15T09:03:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationTjetjoo, S. U., Moreki, J. C., Nsoso, S. J., & Madibela, O. R. (2013). Growth performance of guinea fowl fed diets containing yellow maize, millet and white sorghum as energy sources and raised under intensive system. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 12(4), 306.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1680-5194
dc.identifier.urihttp://moodle.buan.ac.bw:80/handle/123456789/288
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated growth performance of guinea fowl fed diets containing 3 cereal grains as energy sources in comparison to commercial broiler diets. Birds were raised under intensive system from 3 to 16 weeks of age. A completely randomized design was used where 160 keets were randomly assigned to 4 dietary treatments. Each treatment had 40 birds with 4 replicates of 10 birds each. Data were analyzed using General Linear Model Procedure of Statistical Analysis Software (version 9.0). The results showed that dietary treatment did not (P>0.05) influence body length, body circumference, wing stretch, shank length and neck length of guinea fowl. From 3 to 16 weeks of age feed intake was significantly (P<0.0001) lower for control diet (13714.79±209.65 g) than maize (16085±209.65 g), millet (1609.63±209.65 g) and sorghum(15872±209.65 g) diets. Furthermore, FCR was significantly (P<0.0001) lower on the control diet (11.33±0.37) than maize (13.91±0.37), millet (14.90±0.37) and sorghum (13.72±0.37) diets. Average weekly body weight gain was significantly (P<0.05) lower for birds on millet diet (82.98±2.18 g) than birds on control (93.14±2.18g), maize (89.25±2.18 g) and sorghum (89.03±2.18 g) diets. These results suggest that cereal grains canbe used in guinea fowl diets without affecting performanceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAsian Network for Scientific Informationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPakistan Journal of Nutrition;Vol. 12 (4) 2013
dc.subjectDietary treatmenten_US
dc.subjectGrowth parametersen_US
dc.subjectGuinea fowlen_US
dc.subjectIntensive systemen_US
dc.subjectKeetsen_US
dc.titleGrowth Performance of Guinea Fowl Fed Diets Containing Yellow Maize, Millet and White Sorghum as Energy Sources and Raised under Intensive Systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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