Carcass characteristics of West African dwarf bucks fed processed jackfruit seed meal diets
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Effect of processing of Jackfruit seed meal on the carcass characteristics of West African
dwarf (WAD) goats was investigated. The WAD goats were grouped into four and randomly fed with the four experimental diets (A – D) formulated as 0% JFS, 5% raw JFS, 5% soaked JFS and 5% toasted JFS respectively. The experiment lasted for 56 days. Loin and rack showed significant (P<0.05) differences among the treatment groups. However, dressing percentage (45.07 – 45.08%) were statistically similar (p>0.05) among the treatments. In the same way, the relative weight of organs were also not significantly affected by the diet. It was therefore concluded that jackfruit seed meal can be used in feed for goats without any adverse effect on carcass yield.
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