inclusion of Discarded Cashew Kernels (Dck) in the Diets of Cockerel Chicks

Abstract

Groundnuf cake was replace wifl1d iscardedcasl?ewker17el(sD CK) af0 ,33 %, 662/, and 100%l evels
in fl7e ciiefso f cockerel chicks for 56 days in a con~pletelyr- eando~nizede sign. 120 day old cl~icks
nrc.rc rclndon~lyC jjStribufedi17f4o ireahz1ents. Eacl? treat~nenwf as replicated 3 fih7es wit111 0 cl~icks
per replicate. Tllere were no significant differences (PM. 05) in average feed ill fake, body weig/,t;
L70ciy weig17171 gain, feed co17version ratio (feed: gai17), efficiency of feed utillia fion kaiin: feed) and
mnrfalify 111 '1~1'tfitiofe1e1d, cosfk g' and feed cosfk g1b ody weightgain decreasedas DCKincreased
in ti'iets. Hence, ii is evident that DCKcm con ve~?ienfblye used for eplace GNC up fo 100%l evelin
t11e diets of cockerel chicks. Furfhe~f;l ?ef act that IIO bird died cluri17g fl~ex peri~nenf i ndicated
nl~Lye~o7cfed eleteriousf actors i11 andsafepo f DCK