Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2014.703.708Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott Corm Meal as a Replacement for Maize]]>OlajideR. 52014175Corms such as wild cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta] have
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diets represented a treatment. The experimental diets and clean drinking water
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phase of the broiler production. Result of the performance revealed significant
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The economic analysis also showed that cost (58.52)
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for 30% FWCC. The least cost (101.24)
of feed per kilogram weight gain (p<0.05) was obtained for birds fed 30%
FWCC compared to (105.53)
for the control. It was concluded that maize can economically be substituted
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