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Department of Animal Production Technology, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Performance and Blood Constituents of Crossbred Weaned Pigs As Affected By Mixed Sawdust Based Diets
  Author(s): Ogunbode AA*, Adebola AI and Olalere OE
  
  The blood Food feed competition between human and animals has necessitated farmers to turn to alternative feed resources such as mixed sawdust. Thus the effects of diets containing graded level of mixed sawdust on performance and blood indices of pigs was evaluated using eighteen (18) crossbred (Large white x Landrace) weaned pigs that were randomly assigned into three (3) experimental groups of six replicates each. The mixed sawdust was incorporated into the diets using a completely randomized design. There were significant (p<0.05) variations in performance parameters and blood indices. Performance parameters measured were feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion ratio. Feed intake was highest in T1 (822.19 kg) while the lowest value recorded was obtained in pig fed diet 3 (822.7 kg). The best feed conversion ratio (1.80) was obtained in pigs f.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.36648/2577-0594-7.1.32

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