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@article{Nkwocha_Ekenyem_Anukam_Adeolu_2025, title={GROWTH RESPONSE AND APPARENT NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY OF GROWING PIGS FED DIETS CONTAINING VARYING LEVELS OF PINEAPPLE (Ananas comosus) WINE SEDIMENT BASED DIETS}, url={https://www.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/8359}, DOI={10.51791/njap.vi.8359}, abstractNote={<p><em>This experiment was conducted to boost animal protein consumption in the Nigerian populace using an </em><em>unconventional feedstuff –pineapple wine sediment (PWS) which is a waste product of the winery. In </em><em>the study, PWS was used to evaluate the growth performance and apparent nutrient digestibility of </em><em>grower pigs using 32 Large White x Landrace strains of pigs with average initial weight of 32 ± 0.07kg. </em><em>Four treatment diets coded T</em><em>1</em><em>, T</em><em>2</em><em>, T</em><em>3</em><em> and T</em><em>4</em><em> replicated 3 times were formulated to replace maize at 0%, </em><em>10%, 20% and 30% levels, respectively and the study lasted 35 days. The result of this study indicated </em><em>that the control group (T</em><em>1</em><em>0%) has the highest nitrogen free extract (NFE) nutrient digestibility (93.40%) </em><em>than grower pigs on PWS based diets which ranged between (79.31-85.27%) and marginal significant </em><em>differences (p&lt;0.05) existed between the treatment means. Pigs could be fed up to 30% PWS in the diet </em><em>without compromising growth performance and nutrient digestibility.</em></p>}, journal={Nigerian Journal of Animal Production}, author={Nkwocha, G. A. and Ekenyem, B.U. and Anukam, K. U. and Adeolu, A. I.}, year={2025}, month={Mar.}, pages={626–630} }