%0 Journal Article
%T The effects of replacing groundnut cake with Afzelia africana (Mahogany) seed meal on performance, organ weights and haematological indices of finisher broiler chickens
%A C.O. Obun
%A A.S. Kehinde
%A C. Ukim
%J Research Opinions in Animal & Veterinary Sciences
%D 2011
%I 
%X A 56-days feeding trial involving 200 day-old Marshal broilers was carried out in a completely randomized design to evaluate the performance, organ characteristics and blood indices of broilers fed Afzelia africana seed meal (ASM) as a replacement for ground nut cake at dietary levels of 25, 50, 75 and 100%, respectively. The results showed that feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, organ weights and blood indices of birds on the control (0 %), 25 and 50 % ASM were significantly (P<0.05) superior to the groups on 75 and 100 % ASM. It is concluded that ASM could replaced GNC at level not exceeding 50% in broiler diets without any deleterious effects.
%K Afzelia africana
%K Broilers
%K Performance
%K Blood Indices
%U http://roavs.com/pdf-files/vol_3_2011/155-157.pdf