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Activated Charcoal: A Novel Utility Product for Enhanced Animal Health and Production from Agricultural Wastes (Pig Dung and Palm Oil Wastes)

In: Agricultural Waste - New Insights

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  • Stephen Nnaemeka Okey
  • Cosmas Chikezie Ogbu

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Feed remains the most important component of the cost of production in any poultry operations. Hence, the need to harness the potentials of numerous alternative ingredients such as activated charcoal (AC) produced from agricultural wastes. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the physic-chemical properties of AC produced from a blend of agro-wastes for use as feed additives. 120 day old broilers were distributed into four treatment groups (T1-T4) of thirty birds each and were maintained on a starter and finisher diet for 3 weeks each respectively with T1 (control) fed diet containing no AC. T2-T4 was fed diet which contained 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5% of AC respectively. Physical and chemical properties of the produced AC were determined while the blood and performance parameters were determined and all data subjected to statistical analysis. The AC significantly (P > 0.05) reduced feed intake, jejunum pH, FCR, serum cholesterol levels and increased (P

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  • Stephen Nnaemeka Okey & Cosmas Chikezie Ogbu, 2023. "Activated Charcoal: A Novel Utility Product for Enhanced Animal Health and Production from Agricultural Wastes (Pig Dung and Palm Oil Wastes)," Chapters, in: Fiaz Ahmad & Muhammad Sultan (ed.), Agricultural Waste - New Insights, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:281270
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.107484
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    Keywords

    agricultural wastes; activated charcoal; palm fruit fibre; palm kernel shell; pig dung;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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