This has necessitated the search for cheap feed ingredients by animal scientists and nutritionists and the research
torchlight is now being directed to use of wastes such as spent mushroom substrate in poultry feeding. Fasidi and
Kadiri [14] reported that utilizing sawdust as compost for growing agricultural products like mushroom can help
in ameliorating environmental hazards caused by sawdust. Mushroom has been found to have some nutritional
values that can enhance the growth and performance of broiler chickens and human beings in general.(reference)
This study investigates the potential use of spent mushroom substrates (SMS) as an alternate feed resource for
livestock.