THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF TRIBULUS (Tribulus terrestis) SEED MEAL ON THE FIGHTING PERFORMANCE OF NATIVE FIGHTING COCKS

A study on the effects of three levels of Tribulus seed meal namely; 0,5,and 10% as treatments of the study on the feed consumption, aggressiveness, strength, flight height, and mortality in native fighting cock was arranged in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD).Each treatment was replicated three times with four native stags per replication. Birds without TSM in the diet consumed 4471.00g of feeds while those given 5 and 10% TSM both consumed 4800g in 60 days. Birds with 10% TSM in the diet were the most aggressive having initiated 40.75 attacks/sparring compared to 31.25 and 28.75 attacks/sparring initiated by birds with 0 and 5% TSM in the diet, respectively. Birds with 10% TSM in diet repelled the opponent 10.50 times/sparring while those with 0 and 5% TSM in the diet repelled the opponents 6.00 and 25 times/sparring, respectively. The flight height was 77.75 cm from the ground in birds with 10% TSM in diet while 57.50 and 57.62 cm in birds fed 5 and 0 % TSM, respectively. Except on feed consumption, no statistical significance was observed in all parameters. No mortality was recorded.