Holy Zanu
College of Agriculture Education, Ghana
Title: Evaluation of Lysine + Methionine (1.5:1)as dietary supplements to enhance the performance of 36week old laying Pearl Guinea Fowls (Numidameleagris)
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Biography: Holy Zanu
Abstract
A 10-week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effects of diets supplementation with lysine + methionine (1.5:1) on the performance of 36-week old laying Pearl Guinea Fowls. The crystalline Lysine + Methionine were incorporated at the levels of 0, 0.25, and 0.5 kg per 100 kg diet. One hundred and twenty Guinea Fowls (NumidaMeleagris)layers were randomly assigned to the three dietary treatments in a completely randomized design (CRD). Each treatment had forty birds with ten birds per replicate. The initial average liveweight of birds from each replicate was 1.5 kg. Feed and water were offered ad libitum. Data collected included feed intake, growth rate and egg production. The cost of feed was also calculated. Feed intake, Feed Conversion Ratio, Hen-day and Hen-house egg production, Egg Mass, Haugh Unit and shell thickness of birds on the treatment groups with the two levels of amino acids were not different (p>0.05) from those on the control. Growthhowever declined when the amino acids were added at the level of 0.5 kg. The addition of amino acids to the test treatments did not result in any appreciable increase (p>0.05) in cost of feed.