Effect of Varying Levels of Dietary Cassava (Manihot esculenta, Crantz) Leaf Meal on Broiler Gut Morphology

Abstract

60 day-old Anarh 2000 broiler chicks were used for this study which lasfed for 7 weeks. Four expmenmenfadli efs
A,B, C and D were formulafed and were designed to be both isonitrogenous and isocalon'c in formulation. While diet
A confained no cassava (Manihof esculenfa) leaf meal (CLh4) and served as the control, diefs B, C and D confained
15.0,22.5 and 25.0% CLM, respectively.
There were significanf decreases (Pc0.05) in guf weights and sizes as the level of diefay CLM increased.
However, fhese observed decreases had no adverse eflecfs on the overall gut morphology.