Abstract

In a feeding trial which was conducted to study the nutritive value of air-dried Gliricidia leaf meal (GLM) supplemented with Maxigrain® enzyme using Sixty laying hens (Rhode Island Red strains). The birds were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments of 12 birds per treatment; each treatment was replicated into 4 groups with 3 birds per replicate. Five experimental diets were formulated; the test ingredient being Gliricidia sepium. Four of the diets were formulated with enzyme (Maxigrain®) supplementation i.e. diets B, C, D, E while diet A was without enzyme supplementation. Gliricidia sepium leaf meal was included at 5%, 7.5% and 10% replacement of dietary soyabean meal in diets C, D and E respectively. The feeding trial lasted for twelve weeks during which data performance characteristics in terms of Henday production, feed intake, weight gain, and body weight changes were monitored. Digestibility trial was carried out in the last four days of the experiment. All data collected were analyzed using the Analysis of variance (Anova). Daily feed intake was more significantly (p<0.05) reduced in birds fed control diet and highest in birds fed 5% GLM with Maxigrain®, reducing with increasing GLM inclusion.Layers fed 0 GLM and 0 GLM % with Mhad similar (p>0.05) hen day egg production, which worsened significantly with increase in GLM inclusion 5, 7.5 and 10%GLM levels. Egg quality values showed that there was no significant differences (p>0.05) in terms of egg weight, albumen index, Haugh unit and shell thickness while yolk index increased (p<0.05) with GLM and was found to be best at 10% GLM. Yolk colour was positively enhanced at all levels of GLM.Final body weight, egg weight, yolk weight, shell thickness increased significantly (p<0.05) with the inclusion of GLM with Maxigrain® (diet C). In cases of high cost of feedstuff, GLM supplemented with Maxigrain® will serve as a potential abundant non-conventional source of ingredients and also as a source pigmenting and mineral availability with maximum nutrient utilization.

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Title page
Abstract
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Certification
Table of Contents
List of Tables

CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Justification of the Study
1.2 Main Objective of the Study
1.3 Specific Objectives

CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Gliricidiasepium’s History and its Nutritional Composition
2.1.1 Proximate Composition of Gliricidiasepium
2.2 Taxonomy
2.2.1 Botanical Description
2.2.2 Morphological Description
2.3 Anti-nutritional Factors
2.4 What Are Enzymes
2.4.1 Maxigrain®
2.4.2 Benefits of Maxigrain® Enzyme
2.5 Effect of feeding Gliricidiasepium leaf meal on the performance and egg quality of layers
2.6 Response of laying chickens to graded levels of Tephrosiabracteolata leaf meal fed with soyabean meal or full fat soyabean meal

CHAPTER THREE
3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS
3.1 Site of Study
3.2 Processing Of Test Ingredient
3.3 Experimental Birds
3.4 Experimental Diets
3.5 Metabolic Studies
3.6 Economic Analysis
3.7 Chemical and Statistical Analysis

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Proximate analysis of the test ingredient
4.2 Performance characteristics of layers fed on experimental diet
4.3 Digestibility of the experimental diets
4.4 Feed economics

CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Recommendation
REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES
2.1 Proximate Composition of Gliricidiasepium
3.1 Percentage Composition of Experimental layers Diets
4.1 Chemical composition of experimental diets
4.1.2 Chemical composition of test ingredient (GLM)
4.2 Effect of Gliricidia leaf meal supplemented with Maxigrain® on the performance and egg quality parameters of layers
4.3 Effect of Gliricidia leaf meal supplemented with Maxigrain® on the Nutrient digestibility of the experimental diet
4.4 Economic analysis of feeding layers on experimental diet supplemented with Gliricidiasepium leaf meal and Maxigrain® enzyme.

Introduction

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The Effect Of Maxigrain® On Performance Characteristics, Nutrient Utilization And Egg Quality Characteristics Of Layers Fed Gliricidia Sepium (jacq) Kunth Ex Steud Leaf Meal

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Introduction