Feeding Value Of Cassava Root Meal Based Diet Supplemented With Activated Charcoal On The Serum Biochemistry Of Laying Chicken In Lautech Teaching And Research Farm Ogbomoso Of Oyo State

ÑABSTRACT   A 14 week feeding trial was conducted using one hundred and twenty eight point of lay Isa brown strain of pullets (16 weeks old) to evaluate the effect of feeding diets containing cassava root meal (CRM) with activated charcoal supplementation on their serum biochemical indices. Four experimental diets were formulated. The CRM was included at the rate of 25, 50, and 75% levels respectively to replace maize of the control diet. The birds were randomly allotted to four dietary treatment groups. Diet 1 was the control containing 0% of CRM. Diet 2, 3, and 4 had 25, 50, and 75% of CRM w…