@article{O. Ahaotu_A. Adeyeye_N. Okonkwo_2015, title={Replacement value of sweet orange (Citrus Sinensis) peels for wheat offals in the performance of broiler starter diets}, volume={4}, url={https://www.sjournals.com/index.php/sjas/article/view/801}, abstractNote={<div>Two-hundred (200) day old broiler chicks of Anak 2000 breed from a commercial hatchery were used to investigate the effect of replacing wheat offals with sweet orange peel meal in broiler rations.&nbsp; The birds were fed on 0%, 50%, 75% and 100% dietary inclusion of sweet orange peel meal as replacement for wheat offals in a 28 day feeding trial.&nbsp; Significant interaction between dietary levels of sweet orange peel meal and wheat offals were observed on feed efficiency and weight gain (p&lt;0.05).&nbsp; Increase in dietary levels of sweet orange peel meal reduced feed transit time in gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) (p&lt;0.05) while supplementary wheat offal had the opposite effect (p&lt;0.05).&nbsp; It was concluded that broiler chicks could tolerate up to 75% dietary levels of sweet orange peel meal without wheat offal added to such a diet, performance was comparable to that of birds fed a standard diet with money saved in the process.</div>}, number={3}, journal={Scientific Journal of Animal Science}, author={O. Ahaotu, E. and A. Adeyeye, S. and N. Okonkwo, V.}, year={2015}, month={Mar.}, pages={42-50} }