Nutritional value of sorghum for poultry feed in West Africa
dc.contributor.author | Issa, Salissou | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-18T15:20:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-12-18T15:20:16Z | |
dc.date.graduationmonth | December | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2009-12-18T15:20:16Z | |
dc.date.published | 2009 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A total of 2,840 1-d-old broiler chicks and 450 1-d-old layer chicks were used in three experiments to determine the nutritional value of corn- and sorghum-based diets in poultry reared in West Africa. In the broiler experiments, birds fed corn had greater average daily gain (P < 0.001) with similar carcass weight and yield for birds fed corn- vs sorghum-based diets (P > 0.18). Particle size treatments did not affect growth performance or carcass characteristics (P > 0.20). In the layer experiment, birds fed sorghum had greater body weight at d 126 (P < 0.001), started laying earlier (P < 0.01), ate more feed (P < 0.01), and produced more eggs (P < 0.01) than birds fed the corn-based diet. However, there was no difference in average egg weight among birds fed corn vs sorghum (P > 0.85). In conclusion, sorghums produced in West Africa are a good alternative to corn when fed to broiler chicks and laying hens. | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Joe D. Hancock | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.department | Department of Animal Sciences and Industry | en_US |
dc.description.level | Doctoral | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | INTSORMIL; Kansas State University; and INRAN (Niger) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2322 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Kansas State University | en |
dc.subject | Corn | en_US |
dc.subject | Sorghum | en_US |
dc.subject | Particle-size | en_US |
dc.subject | Broilers | en_US |
dc.subject | Layers | en_US |
dc.subject.umi | Agriculture, Animal Culture and Nutrition (0475) | en_US |
dc.title | Nutritional value of sorghum for poultry feed in West Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |