Replacing Corn with Sun-Dried Manure of Laying Pullet, Mature Pig, Sheep, and Cow

Abstract

Sun dried (30 to 35 C) manure of adult fowl, pig, cow, or sheep was used to replace 5, 10, 15, and 20% of the maize in corn-peanut base diets for started broiler and pullet replacement chicks and for laying pullets. The manure of the fowl followed by that of the cow were superior to that of pig and of sheep in replacing up to 15% of maize (7.5% of the whole diet) for the different categories of birds used in the experiment. The beneficial effects of the poultry and cow manure were manifested most prominently on growth rate of the chicks and on egg production of the layers which were either comparable with or higher than those of the control. The mineral contents of the manure of the fowl and pig appeared to be beneficial in maintaining egg size and shell thickness. However these types of manure tended to reduce the intensity of egg yolk color.1979 Poultry Science 58:852-857

Effect of Feeding a Mixture of Cow, Poultry, and Rabbit Manures on Laying Hen Performance and Egg Quality

“…However, the better results that appeared when diets were supplemented with Kemzyme might be due to the presence of Alfa-amylase, Beta-glucanase, Protease, Lipase, Cellulase and Bentonite enzymes in KZ, which helped in improving the utilization of diets contain manures. The present finding are in good agreement with those of Lipestein and Bortein (1973); Oluyemi et al (1979), Ahmed, (1981; Abdel-Hakim et al (1991) and Soliman (1992) for CM, Flegal andZindal (1971 &; Biely et al (1972);Trakulchange and Balloun, (1975); Galal et al (1977); Hassan, (1984); Abdel-Moty et al (1986); Abdel-Hakim et al (1991) and El-Hussieny et al (1994) for PM and Chawan et al (1979); Elemele et al (1980), Mendonca et al (1980); Malavazzi et al (1985) and Abdel-Hakim et al (1991) for RM. They found that the best results of hen performance were found when manures were used at levels of 10 -15 % of laying hen diets.…”

“…This might be due to the presence of some pigment substances in MM such as xanthophylls. This result is in agreement with those of Oluyemi et al (1979), Ahmed (1981) and Soliman (1992). Concerning ST, except the group of T6, no significant differences were found among all dietary treatments.…”

“…The results of feeding trial showed that the level of 15% CM in the diet resulted in the best laying hen performance. Several studies decided that CM could be used in poultry diets up to 15 or 20 % without any adverse effect on their performance Bortein, 1971 andAbou-Sido, 1978;Oluyemi et al, 1979;Ahmed, 1981;Dessouky, 1990 andSoliman, 1992). Dessouky (1990) found that dried PM contained 23.87 % CP and 1211 Kcal ME/Kg DM.…”