Response of Laying Hens to Dietary Levels of Heat Treated Sheep Manure (HSM)

Abstract

A I 1 (-'~j~7t>ri1W1Ci~cS 1~ifte ~signetoc fs tudy tllc effiriso fd ietary Jeveh ofl ieat-cfrieds Jieep manure (HSM)
(117 the perhr~nanceo f layers from point ofl ay for 20 weeks. Six iso1iitc.(~ge17oduise ts were for~nulated
~t'Jiic,hc ontained ffSMafO ,Q,Z5 15.0,22.5,30.0and,?Z5p erfelit levels respectively Each of the six
tlret'lry trea tinents was replicated three ticnes wit11 twelve birds per reylica te. Tlie cl~emicnl
i-o~~ipositioof~ thi e H.S.M. was ~feterminetlH. SM was found to contaj~8,6 .95%c frymatter,1 6.88%
crude protein, 24.42% crude fibre, 2.95% ether extmci; 26.31 % Ash, 1.32% calcium and 0.5%
pJ1osP/'or~1s. 7Xe metnboJisabJe energy (ME.) was foulid to be 1088 kcaJ/k,. I-esu/ts obtai~ied
indicate tliat the liiglier tJie dietary levcl of HS. M the Jiiglier ille feed intake, feed costper ten eggs
protfuced and RocJie Yolk CoJour Fan Score but tlie Jower tJie effiiency offeedc o~vie rsion, hen-day
eggj7roduction, hen-lioused egg production and percent cl~acigein body weiglit. It was however
observed that fJie 7.5% H.S.M cfietgave the best result in ternis of lie~i-dayeg g production, henho~~
segdg production, feed costper ten eggs acid effiiencyo ff eed COII version.