THE PROXIMATE COMPOSITIONS, MINERALS AND FIBRE COMPONENTS OF DRIED CABBAGE LEAF RESIDUES FED TO BROILER CHICKENS.
ILABOYA, I. I. AND OMATSULI, M. O.
ABSTRACT
The proximate compositions of dried cabbage leaf residues were evaluated using standard procedures. The result for the proximate composition showed the moisture contents (95.7%), ash (23.3%), Crude fibre (25.2%), Crude protein (11.81%), Ether extract (2.40%), Nitrogen Free Extract (37.29) and calorie value of 1957.09kcal/kg. Birds were fed 4 treatments (T); T1 (0% DCLR), T2 (4% DCLR), T3 (8% DCLR), T4 (12% DCLR). The result of the proximate composition of the experimental diets increased significantly across all the treatment means (moisture, crude protein, crude fibre and ash) with the highest values gotten from treatment 4 (12% inclusion level of DCLR). Ether extract was not significant (P>0.05) in T1 (4.93%) and T4 (4.81%) but…