Effect Of Rice Stover And Cocoyam Leaf Supplement Diets On Changes In Body Traits Of Growing Female West African Dwarf Goats

 ABSTRACTA 90-day experiment was conducted to determine the effects of Rice stover, Cocoyam leaf and their combination (50:50) as crop residue-based supplement diets on the growth performance and morphometric traits of WAD goats. The twenty young female West African Dwarf (WAD) female goats used for the experiment were assigned randomly into 4 groups of animals and each group was randomly assigned to one of the treatments in a Completely Randomized Design. Each animal received the diet for 90 days. Parameters measured were feed intake, body weight (BWT), body weight gain (BWG, kg), chest …