Moringa data on piglet perfomance
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A total of 168 piglets from 15 litters were used. The piglets were cross fostered and randomly assigned to three dietary treatments; 0% Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) as the control diet, 4.5% MOLM and 8% MOLM inclusion test diets. Each treatment was replicated five times. The feed conversion ratio (FCR), average daily gain (ADG), body weight (BW) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) and faecal viscosity (FV) were measured and recorded.
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The study was a one factor experiment laid out in a Randomised Complete Block Design. There were five blocks, corresponding to the five different farrowing periods. Each farrowing period had random three sow litters with piglets cross fostered to randomise effects of breed and other unknown nuisance variables. The three sow litters in a block where randomly allocated to the three dietary treatments and the randomisation was repeated over all the five blocks. An average of 12 cross fostered piglets in a litter constituted an experimental unit. A total of 168 piglets from 15 litters were used. The piglets were cross fostered and randomly assigned to three dietary treatments; 0% Moringa oleifera leaf meal (MOLM) as the control diet, 4.5% MOLM and 8% MOLM inclusion test diets. Each treatment was replicated five times. The feed conversion ratio (FCR), average daily gain (ADG), body weight (BW) and average daily feed intake (ADFI) and faecal viscosity (FV) were measured and recorded. Data on growth and feed were analysed using the PROC General Linear Model (GLM) of Statistical Analysis Software (2018). The least significant difference (LSD) method was used to separate the means at p < 0.05.