Performance of laying pullets fed on cereal-free diets based on maize offal, cassava peel and reject cashew nut meal.

1. A 70-d experiment was conducted to determine the response of 26-week-old laying pullets to cereal-free diets based on maize offal, cassava peel and full-fat cashew nut meal (CNM) in comparison with a standard 550 g maize/kg reference diet. The 4 test diets all contained 315 g CNM/kg 232.

Protein quality of raw and autoclaved cowpeas: comparison between some insect resistant and susceptible varieties.

A comparative study was conducted with four improved cowpea (2 pod bug resistant and 2 susceptible) varieties to assess the effect of autoclaving at 105 degrees C under 15 psi for 30 min on their protein quality, as measured by the levels of some antinutritional factors and performance of rats fed the different cowpea diets. Also, the relationships between antinutrients in the cowpeas and protein quality indicators were examined. Results showed that autoclaving completely eliminated trypsin inhibitor, hemagglutinin and HCN, whereas it reduced significantly (p < 0.

Prevalence of aflatoxin B1 in commercial poultry rations in Nigeria.

122 samples of commercial poultry feed from 5 southern states of the Republic of Nigeria were investigated for their content of aflatoxin B1.57.4% of all samples examined contained aflatoxin B1.

Cyanide, protein and iodine interaction in the performance and metabolism of rats.

Performance and metabolic traits were measured in sixty-four growing rats fed on varying levels of dietary cyanide, protein and iodine. The presence of cyanide in the diets caused a non-significant reduction in both feed consumption and growth rate. Moreover, on protein deficient diets, the lowest body weight gain was obtained in the animals with 750 ppm cyanide.