Influence of peeling and inorganic calcium concentration on the utilisation of giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) corm meal by laying hens
S. S. Diarra
A B , I. Wamekeni A , A. Vunagilee A , H. Lavaka A and T. Finau A
A School of Agriculture and Food Technology, The University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji.
B Corresponding author. Email: Diarra_s@usp.ac.fj; siakadi2012@gmail.com
Animal Production Science 59(8) 1553-1557 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN18625
Submitted: 16 October 2018 Accepted: 12 December 2018 Published: 10 January 2019
Abstract
The effects of peeling and limestone flour level on the utilisation of Alocasia macrorrhiza corm meal (ACM) by laying hens were investigated. Maize-based diets with two concentrations of limestone flour (40 and 60 g/kg) and diets containing 200 g peeled and unpeeled ACM meal/kg with the same levels of limestone flour were fed to five replicate pens containing 10 20-week-old Shaver brown pullets (1635 ± 148 g), each for 105 days. Results showed no interaction or main effects of ACM or limestone concentration on feed intake, egg weight, egg mass, feed conversion efficiency, egg shape index, surface area and Haugh unit (P > 0.05). Feeding whole ACM with 40 g limestone/kg diet reduced hen-day production and shell thickness (P < 0.05) but this was overcome by increasing limestone concentration to 60 g/kg diet. Peeled ACM with both concentrations of limestone flour maintained laying performance and egg quality. We concluded that feeding 200 g whole ACM depresses egg production and shell quality in laying hens, but increasing dietary limestone concentration overcomes this adverse effect. The concentration of limestone flour in the diet has no effect on laying performance. Higher inclusion levels of ACM, calcium source and level that will maintain laying performance and reduce feed cost need to be investigated.
Additional keywords: calcium source, egg performance, feed processing, oxalic acid.
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