_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: Email: jiwubapc@yahoo.com; Archives of Current Research International 5(3): 1-7, 2016, Article no.ACRI.27951 ISSN: 2454-7077 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org Replacement Value of Maize with Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batata) Root Meal on Growth Performance and Haematogical Characteristics of Broiler Starter Birds P. C. Jiwuba 1* , E. Dauda 1 , L. C. Ezenwaka 2 and C. J. Eluagu 3 1 Department of Animal Health and Production Technology, Federal College of Agriculture, P.M.B.7008, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. 2 Department of Biotechnology, National Root Crops Research Institute, P.M.B, 7006, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. 3 Sweet Potato Programme, National Root Crops Research Institute, P.M.B, 7006, Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author PCJ designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author ED managed the literature searches, and analyses of the study performed the spectroscopy analysis. Author LCE managed the experimental process. Author CJE identified the species of plant. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/ACRI/2016/27951 Editor(s): (1) Jack Wong, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA And Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, USA. Reviewers: (1) T. Srilatha, College of Veterinary Science, Korutla, India. (2) Juxing Chen, Novus International Inc. St. Charles, MO, USA. (3) Bharat Raj Singh, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India. (4) Shivani Katoch, Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Himachal Pradesh, India. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/15928 Received 27 th June 2016 Accepted 2 nd August 2016 Published 25 th August 2016 ABSTRACT A 28-day experiment was conducted to determine the effects of graded levels of sweet potato (Ipomoea batata) root meal (SPRM) on growth performance and haematological parameters of broiler starter birds. 240 day old unsexed Anak broiler chicks were used for this experiment. The birds were randomly divided into 4 groups with three replicates of twenty birds per replicate. Four dietary treatments designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4 were formulated to contain 0%, 5%, 10% and Original Research Article