Publications by authors named "Nesseim T"
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- The study explored the effects of Jatropha curcas kernel meal on broiler chicks' growth, using a 7-day feeding trial with 20-day-old Ross 308 strain chicks.
- The Jatropha kernel meal was treated through defatting, heating, fermentation, and drying, replacing one third of a groundnut meal in a commercial diet designed to have similar nutritional values.
- Results showed the treated chicks had slightly higher weight gain and live weight compared to the control group, with all animals surviving the trial and similar feed intake and conversion rates for both groups.
Jatropha curcas is a drought-resistant shrub belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family. The kernel contains approximately 60 % lipid in dry matter, and the meal obtained after oil extraction could be an exceptional source of protein for family poultry farming, in the absence of curcin and, especially, some diterpene derivatives phorbol esters that are partially lipophilic. The nutrient digestibility of J.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of dwarf (dw) and frizzle (F) genes on the performance of layers under Senegalese conditions.
Trop Anim Health Prod
August 2003
The influence of sex-linked dwarf (dw) and incompletely dominant frizzle (F) genes on growth, egg production and quality were investigated. The experimental stock comprised 100 chicks of four genotypes: normal feathered, normal size (ffDw): normal feathered, dwarf (ffdw); frizzle, normal size (FfDw); and frizzle, dwarf (Ffdw). The dwarf gene reduced the body weight, shank length, feed intake, egg production and egg weight.
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