Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the performance of growing Yankasa rams fed ensiled crushed groundnut shell, African locust bean pulp and poultry litter with supplementations. The study was conducted at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching and Research Farm, Bauchi. Twenty (20) growing Yankasa rams were fed five supplemental diets plus a basal diet. The study lasted eighty days in a complete randomized design (CRD) of five treatments with four replications. Groundnut shell (GNS) and African locust bean pulp (ALBP) were ensiled with poultry litter as basal diet, Maize bran (MB), cotton seed cake (CSC), groundnut cake (GNC), groundnut haulms (GNH) and urea were used as supplements at various proportions. The basal diet and water were offered ad libitum, three hundred grams (300g) of the supplements were offered before the basal diet to each animal first thing in the morning. Data were taken on feed intake and live weight changes. The results showed that total daily feed intake (996.25g) and total dry matter intake (872.25g) were higher (P