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May 11, 2005Keywords:
Legumes processing anti-nutritional factors performance
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Emiola, I., Ologhobo, A., Adedeji, T., Oladunjoye, I., & Akanji, M. (2005). Performance characteristics of broiler chicks fed kidney bean as replacement for two conventional legumes. Moor Journal of Agricultural Research, 4(2), 236–241. https://doi.org/10.4314/mjar.v4i2.31782
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Performance characteristics of broiler chicks fed kidney bean as replacement for two conventional legumes
IA Emiola
Department of Animal Production and Health, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
AD Ologhobo
Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
TA Adedeji
Department of Animal Production and Health, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
IO Oladunjoye
Department of Animal Production and Health, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
MA Akanji
Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of replacing soybean meal and groundnut cake meal with cooked and decorticated kidney bean seed meals on the performance characteristics of broilers. One hundred and eighty day old broiler chicks of Anak strain were raised on six experimental diets. The processed kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) meals were incorporated at the rate of 200g/kg of feed. The diets were formulated to be iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric. Each diet was fed to a group of 30 birds for a period of 56 days. There were significant (P <0.05) differences among treatment groups in body weight and feed conversion ratio. The group fed decorticated kidney bean meal showed depressed weight gain and poor feed conversion ratio. There were no significant (P > 0.05) differences in feed intake among the treatment groups. Apparent digestibility of crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, ash and nitrogen free extract differed significantly (P < 0.05) among the treatments.
Key words: Legumes; processing; anti-nutritional factors; performance
Moor Journal of Agricultural Research Vol.4(2) 2003: 236-241
Key words: Legumes; processing; anti-nutritional factors; performance
Moor Journal of Agricultural Research Vol.4(2) 2003: 236-241