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The nutritional value of salseed (Shorea robusta) meal for growing chicks |
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| Authors: | S S Zombade G N Lodhi J S Ichhponani |
| Institution: | Department of Animal Science , Punjab Agricultural University , Ludhiana, 141004, India |
| Abstract: | 1. Salseed meal contains 98 g crude protein, 22 g ether extractives, 450 g available carbohydrate and 117 g tannins per kg. 2. From the chemical analysis the metabolisable energy (ME) content of salseed meal would be expected to be 11.22 MJ/kg. In vivo assay with chicks yielded values considerably less than this, 7.1 MJ/kg being found at an inclusion rate of 150 g/kg diet. 3. As the inclusion rate of salseed meal was increased to 300 g/kg, dietary ME and the digestion and retention of dietary protein decreased. 4. More than 50 g salseed meal/kg in the diet of chicks resulted in poor growth rate and food conversion. |
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