TY  - JOUR
T1  - Performance of Guinea Fowl <I>Nuimedia meleagris </I>Fed Varying Protein Levels
AU - , Adeyemo, A.I. AU - , O. Oyejola AU - , T.A. Afolayan 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 5
IS  - 6
SP  - 519
EP  - 521
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2006.519.521
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2006.519.521
KW  - Dietary protein
KW  -guinea fowl
KW  -feeding performance
AB  - 20 weeks old guinea fowl pullets previously maintained at grower phase on 4 dietary protein levels of 18%, 16%, 14%, and 12% cp and on same metabolizable energy level of 2600 kcal/kg, were used for testing the best of performance of layers. All the birds, were then maintained on the same diet of 18% cp and metabolizable energy of 2600 kcal/kg for 16 weeks. Birds raised on 18% cp and 16% cp made their lay at 162 days old, while those on 14% cp and 12% cp made theirs at 166 and 175 days respectively. There was however, no significant difference (P&lt;0.05) among the means. It took ten weeks for birds on 12% cp diet to attain 50% hen day production as compared with 8 weeks for other diets, although by the 12<SUP>th</SUP> week, the rate of lay evened out in all the diets. Egg production ratio was best for 16% cp being 2.8 compared with 3.0 for diet 20% cp and 3.2 for 12% cp diet. Shell thickness and yolk colour for the treatment were not significantly different.
ER  -