ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EGG PRODUCTION USING DIFFERENT PROTEIN AND ENERGY LEVEL RATIONS

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EGG PRODUCTION USING DIFFERENT PROTEIN AND ENERGY LEVEL RATIONS

Abstract:

An economic analysis of experimental data was conducted to determine the optimum levels of the feed ingredients and to assess their individual contributions to egg production. Twelve experimental rations were subjected to three production function analysis, namely quadratic, square root and Cobb—Douglas functions. The Cobb-Douglas function was found to be the best fit for the data. The result showed that, economic output of 33.11 dozen eggs was achieved by 24 birds in 4 weeks. The total feed level at this output level was 31.66 Kg with groundnut meal contributing 29.74%? yellow maize, 32.44% and wheat offal, 31.88% Wheat offal was however found to have been overused. Groundnut meal contributed significantly to egg production than yellow maize and wheat offal. It was also found that feed cost formed about 73.17% of the total variable costs in egg production. With groundnut meal contributing more to the production process, its use could be increased for profitable production. It seems however that, the supply is the major factor and therefore, alternative sources of protein feeds should be sought for.

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF EGG PRODUCTION USING DIFFERENT PROTEIN AND ENERGY LEVEL RATIONS