EFFECT OF AGE AND FEED FORMS ON PERFORMANCE AND ORGAN DEVELOPMENT OF BROILER CHICKENS
BY OLA YIWOLE, Isaac Adedayo (MATRIC NO. 2007/0491)
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH A PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE COLLEGE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE ANDLIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA.
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURE (B.AGRIC.HONS) DEGREE OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE ABEOKUTA, NIGERIA
JULY, 2012
ABSTRACT A total of 99 a-day old Hubbard strains of broiler chicken were used to study the effect of age
and feed forms on performance arid organ development of broiler chicken in a 3x3 factorial experimental layout. The birds were divided into three treatment groups of 33 birds per treatmenton the basis of feed forms, this were further divided into three replicate of 11 birds each.Data were taken on the performance characteristics such as the weekly weight gain and feedintake, At the 6th, 7th and 8th weeks of the experiment, two (2) birds were taken randomly from each replicate for organ development evaluation. the result shows significant(p
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