Samples

mg CN/kg dry weight of cassava

FAO/WHO recommended level (mg CN/kg dry weight of cassava)

Percentage Exceeded FOA/WHO Recommendation (%)

Mean Significant Fundoscopic Findings in the Optic Nerve Head of each grp (Pre-Experiment)

Mean Significant Fundoscopic Findings in the Optic Nerve Head of each grp (post-Experiment)

Raw Cassava

2486.39

15 - 1000

148.6

24-hour Fermentation without Red Palm Oil

2386.65

138.7

Normal Disc

-Swollen Disc

-Temporal Disc Pallor

-Peripapillary haemorrhages

24-hour Fermentation with Red Palm Oil

1791.8

79.2

Normal Disc

Mild papilledema

48-hour Fermentation without Red Palm Oil

1204.07

20.4

Normal Disc

-Mild papilledema

-Temporal Disc Pallor

48-hour Fermentation with Red Palm Oil

1034.81

3.5

Normal Disc

Normal Disc findings

Control Group fed with “Grower Mash” for 60 days

Nil

Nil

Normal Disc findings

Normal Disc findings