The nutritive value of sweet potato tuber meal (SPM) and sweet potato tops (SPT) as replacement for maize and wheat bran respectively was evaluated. The economy of production of pullet chicks revealed that partially replaced maize diet appeared to be more economically efficient, thereby justifying the replacement. The conducted study encourages such replacement and will contribute to poultry management.

Associate Professor Olusola Ladokun holds a Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. She is currently a Reader/Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a Nutritional Biochemist. Dr. Adekunle Adejuwon is a Senior Lecturer in Microbiology of the same University.