The experiment was conducted to evaluate the maize replacement value of whole cassava plant meal (WCPM) in growing pig diet through energy and protein utilization for a period of eight weeks. Three diets were formulated. Diet 1 was maize based and served as control. Diet 2 contained 40% WCPM while diet 3 contained 60% WCPM. Twenty four pigs were randomly distributed to three experimental diets using a completely randomized design. The control maize based diet 1 was compared with diet 2 which had partof its maize and maize offal replaced with WCPM and diet 3 which had all the maize and maize offal replaced with WCPM. At the end of the study, the dry matter intake per day (891.0 to 903.0g), live weight gain per day (384 - 411g), total protein (6.10 -6.25g/dl), serum urea (18.0 - 20.0 mg/dl), metabolisable energy intake per kg gain (26.76 to 29.02MJ/kg), cholesterol (181.5 to 184.0 mg/dl) and glucose (69.5 to 71.0mg/dl) and some other energy and protein utilization indices were not significantly (P> 0.05) influenced by dietary treatment. The results of this study suggest that WCPM can be included in the diet of growing pigs at even 60% of the diet to replace maize without any negative effect on the energy and protein utilization indices.
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