Browsing by Subject "Growth performance"
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Enhancing the protein value of canola meal as a replacement for soybean meal in finishing diets of Meatmaster lambs
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Feed utilisation, physiological and meat quality responses in Jumbo quail reared on apple pomace-containing diets
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Quail (Coturnix sp.) farming has enormous potential to contribute to global food production and nutritional security by supplying high-quality animal protein to meet the nutritional demands of the rapidly growing human ... -
Growth performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Potchefstroom Koekoek chickens supplemented with Lippia Javanica leaf meal
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)A feeding trial was conducted for a period of 16 weeks, with the objective of determining the effect of Lippia javanica leaf meal supplementation on the growth performance, blood parameters, carcass characteristics and ... -
Growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality in broilers supplemented with fever tea (Lippia Javanica) leaf powder
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)The present study was conducted to determine the effect of supplementing Lippia javanica (fever tea) leaf powder in broiler diets on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality. One hundred and eighty Cobb ... -
Growth performance, hematology, and meat quality characteristics of Mutton Merino lambs fed canola-based diets
(Springer, 2016)A 56-day feeding trial was carried out to evaluate the effect of feeding canola meal (CM) on growth performance, hematology, and meat quality parameters of lambs. Twenty lambs with an average body weight of 23 ± 2.64 kg ... -
Growth performance, meat quality, and haematological parametersinmutton merino lambs : effects of dietary replacement of soyabean meal with canola cake
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)The objective of this study was to determine growth performance, hematology, meat quality and sensory characteristics of lambs fed Canola (Brassica napus) cake as a replacement for soyabean meal (SBM). Nineteen lambs with ... -
Growth, physiological performance, and pork quality of weaner large white piglets to different inclusion levels of nano zinc oxide
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2023)Thirty intensively reared piglets averaged 7.6 ± 0.32 kg were used for the experiment. The piglets were randomly allotted to 5 different treatments: 200 mg/kg, 400 mg/kg, 600 mg/kg nano zinc oxide (nZnO; 50 nm), positive ... -
Improving the feed value of seaweed for broiler chickens using feed enzymes
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)The study aimed to enhance the feed value of green seaweed (Ulva sp.) meal using exogenous feed enzymes in the diets of Cobb 500 broiler chickens. Chapter One provides the background, problem statement, justification, aims ... -
Inclusion of mopane worm meal in Jumbo quail diets : nutrient utilization, physiological and meat quality responses
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)There is an urgent need to mitigate the negative impact of soybean production on the environment while ensuring sustainable poultry production to meet the protein requirements for the growing human population. Insect ... -
Influence of enzyme supplementation on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters and meat quality of broilers fed diets of varying levels of sunflower meal
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This study was conducted to determine the effect of enzyme supplementation (500g/ton kenzyme) on growth performance parameters, carcass characteristics, meat quality and serum biochemical parameters of broilers fed diets ...