Sheanut Cake as a Substitute for Maize in the Diet of Growing Gilts

Abstract

 The effects of diets containing 0, 5, 10 and 15% sheanut cake (SNC) fed ad libitum to 20 growing gilts during a 10week feeding trial were studied. Growth and reproductive performances were observed after the withdrawal of SNC from the diets over a period of 22 weeks and one parity respectively. The inclusion of SNC significantly (P<0.05) depressed growth rate and feed conversion efficiency but not feed in-take. However, feed cost (cedis/kg) reduced with increasing levels of SNC. The post withdrawal growth and reproductive performances for all the pigs were not significant different (P>0.05).