The rapidly burgeoning human population of South Africa has escalated the severity of food insecurity and heightened the urgency for improved agricultural production to address the national food insecurity challenges particularly among the rural and township-based inhabitants1. With almost 90% of households...
The present study was conducted at the Proefplaas experimental farm of the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The chickens were reared in a climate-controlled poultry house. The general care and management of the chickens followed accepted guidelines as described by the South African Poultry Assoc...