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The effects of using milled sun-dried cassava peels soaked in water to substitute maize in the diet of mixed breed (Californian x Dutch) weanling rabbits averaging 831 g in body weight were examined in an 8 -week experiment. One of four portions of fresh cassava peels was sun-dried immediately after collection while one of each of the remaining 3 was soaked in basin of water for 1, 3, and 5 hrs before sun-drying. Each portion of the milled peels replaced maize in control diet (MD) at 20% level to give diets UD, S 1 D, S 3 D and S 5 D, respectively. Soaking of peels stimulated a progressive reduction in HCN from 24 to 10.33 mg/kg CPM. Daily BWG, feed intake, FCR and water intake per rabbit were not significantly affected (p >0.05) by water-soaking cassava peels. Dressing percentage and relative weights of heart, liver, kidney, stomach, intestine and caecum were also not significantly different (p>0.05) among treatments. The performance of the S 1 D fed rabbit was comparatively better than for the control group, while in terms of economics of production all the cassava peel meal diets proved to be more cost http://www.bioline.org.br/request?ft02004 (1 of 7)9/18/2004 6:32:32 AM Untitled Document effective than the maize-based diet. Cassava peel meal based diets were more cost effective than the control diet.

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| The experiment was conducted to determine the effect of water soaking of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit peels on haematology, carcass yield, internal organs and gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) of finisher broiler chickens. Four lots of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit peels were soaked in water for 0, 12, 24 and 36 hours, sun dried and milled to produce sweet orange fruit peel meal (SOFPM). Four SOFPM based diets namely D0, D12, D24, and D36 were compounded by replacing 20% of dietary maize in the control diet (DN) with the SOFPMs. One hundred and fifty (150) brooded Anak 2000 broiler chickens with an average initial weight of 1051.00 + 0.92g were grouped into five, with each group replicated three times and a replicate contained 10 birds in completely randomized design and assigned to these diets in a feeding trial which lasted for 21 days. Results of analysis of variance on mean haematological indices, fasted body weights, carcass yield and internal organs were not significantly different (p>0.05) among the treatment groups. With the exception of large intestine length, which was significantly decreased (p<0.05) at D0, all other GIT morphometrical indices were not significantly different (p>0.05) among the treatment groups. It was concluded that 20% replacement of maize by SOFPM was safe for finishing broiler chickens.

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