Cocoa Pod Husk Plus Enzymes is a Potential Feed Ingredient for Hy-Line Silver Brown Laying Hens

dc.contributor.authorNortey, T.N.
dc.contributor.authorKpogo, D.V.
dc.contributor.authorNaazie, A.
dc.contributor.authorOddoye, E.O.K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T17:04:39Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T17:04:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the experiment was to determine whether the inclusion of pelleted cocoa pod husks (CPH) in diets for Hyline Silver Brown (HSB) layers would affect egg laying performance and egg characteristics. Two hundred and sixteen (216), 36-week old, HSB layers in battery cages were randomly assigned to twelve experimental diets for 12 weeks in a completely randomized design (CRD). Diets had three levels of CPH inclusion: 0, 10 and 15%. For each inclusion level, the diets were further sub-divided into four treatments. The four treatments either had, i) no enzyme, ii) phytase only, iii) a commercial enzymes cocktail only, or iv) a mixture of both phytase and cocktail. The enzyme cocktail and phytase were added at rates of 250g and 300g per ton of complete feed respectively according to the manufacturer’s recommendation. Overall, adding CPH did not affect Average Daily Feed Intake, although a combination of an enzyme cocktail and phytase improved ADFI, especially at the 15% CPH-inclusion level. Hen-day egg production of birds on diets with 0, 10 and 15% CPH, with an enzyme cocktail alone (78.70, 76.23 and 71.96% respectively), or with a combination of enzyme cocktail and phytase (79.5, 71.89 and 72.16% respectively) was better than egg production of hens on the other diets. There were no effects of CPH or enzyme addition on egg quality characteristics. Cocoa pod husk can be used in diets for HSB birds (up to 15%) without adversely affecting production performance or egg quality characteristics when appropriate exogenous enzymes are added.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNortey et al • Cocoa Pod Husk Plus Enzymes is a Potential Feed Ingredienten_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/23788
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience and Development (A Journal of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), University of Ghana)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1;2
dc.subjectEgg productionen_US
dc.subjectEgg qualityen_US
dc.subjectEnzymesen_US
dc.subjectHy-Line Silver Brown Layersen_US
dc.titleCocoa Pod Husk Plus Enzymes is a Potential Feed Ingredient for Hy-Line Silver Brown Laying Hensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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