The bagasse used in the present study had a moisture content which averaged 48 %.±
3.0 with an initial pH of 6.9 ±0.15. The effects of fermentation on the pH value of
bagasse are shown in Table 3. The 10% percent chicken manure assay analyzed after
fermentation showed the least change i.e. unfermented and fermented. The 2.5%
ration was found to have changed the most in acidity level.
The organic matter before fermentation was found to be 59.2± 2.1 compared to
45±1.8 after fermentation which was significant (p < 0.05). From table 4, the dry
matter digestibility was observed to increase significantly (p < 0.05) with addition of
chicken manure in the formulated diet which peaked at 50.26 at 10 % manure. There
was a gradual decline in the neutral detergent fiber digestibility with a significant
(p