Nutritive Value of Some Ghanaian Feedstuffs

Abstract

The nutrient composition of 12 Ghanaian trogen-balance and protein efficiency. ratio t"iirtoff;-;"r ;traiJ by chemical or micro-melhods in diets coniaining 8' 1J', l_41 119 bi;bgi;;l anatysis for 'amino acids, B-vita-ITVo protein. Heating cowpeas and bambarra "iitir,'""f"m,'ptro.pt"nit,Iil-;&t;!,t beans^was found tolncrease the digestibility the oroximate' irinciples.--bieJJtitity"lo"m-and protein utilization of the legumgs. The ;i;r6' f-"4; --uitii, -.""iE ;' ilA' piot"io comfrsition of .the feedstuffs was,.with a few were determiried with -adult "mile mic.e. The exceptions, similar to that r-eported elserrhere' amino acid contents of itre-t""Asiuff" *ere Notabledifferencesincludedthe

Phytase production by solid-state fermentation of groundnut oil cake byAspergillus niger: A bioprocess optimization study for animal feedstock applications

“…The cake contains 45-60% protein, 22-30% carbohydrate, 3.8-7.5% crude fibre and 4-6% minerals [12] . The oil cake composition in terms of total amino acids is well reported by Owen [13] .Thus oil cake is a cheap substrate that is abundantly available for SSF to produce animal feed enzymes such as phytase. Then, it may also become possible to dry the SSF product (koji) and mix it directly in animal feed as a value-added food supplement without the need for any downstream enzyme 4 concentration steps.…”

“…The value of correlation coefficient (Pred R 2 ) for phytase production was 0·80 and suggests a strong agreement between the observed and model predicted values for phytase production. The coefficient13 of determination R 2 = 0.94, suggests that 94 % of the variability is explained by Equation(2). The obtained signal-to-noise ratio value of 14.85 shows an adequate signal for Equation(2) to navigate the design space.…”

Physicochemical Properties of Processed Aerial Yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) and Sensory Properties of Paste (Amala) Prepared with Cassava Flour

“…The result showed that there was significant difference (p˂0.05) between the studied samples. The total ash of roots and tubers were reported as 0.6% to as high as 1.7% on wet basis (FAO, 1968;1972;Watson, 1971;Eka, 1978;Abara et al, 2003) and between 2.24% and 5.16% on dry basis (Oyenuga, 1968;Abara et al, 2003) on yam tubers. Mineral content of foods varied but generally substantial amounts of mineral and trace elements is available.…”

The value of palm kernel meal in finishing diets for pigs: 1. The effect of varying the proportion of protein contribution from blood meal and palm kernel meal on the performance and carcass quality of finishing pigs

“…It has the advantage the amino acids needed for maintenance and that it is cheaper than the most commonly used growth, since energy restriction is usually the groundnut cake but its utilization by young pigs objective at this stage. The present study was and poultry has been found to be impaired by its conducted to evaluate the effect of varying the grittiness and high crude fibre content (Oyenuga, proportion of protein contributions from palm 1968; Fetuga, 1972;Owusu-Domfeh, 1967). A kernel meal (PKM) and blood meal (BM) on perconsiderable quantity of this feed has however formance and carcass quality of growing-finishing found use in ruminant feeding.…”