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Evaluation of velvet bean meal as an alternative protein ingredient for poultry feed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2010

V. Vadivel ,
M. Pugalenthi ,
A. Doss  and
T. Parimelazhagan
V. Vadivel
Affiliation:
Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, TN, India Institute for Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
M. Pugalenthi*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, TN, India
A. Doss
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, TN, India
T. Parimelazhagan
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, TN, India
*
†E-mail: pugalmuthiah@rediffmail.com
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Abstract

The effect of certain simple and cost-effective processing methods on the nutritional and anti-nutritional properties of seed materials of an under-utilized food legume, Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck (velvet bean, VB), collected from Valanadu, Kerala, India was analyzed in experiment 1. The raw VB seeds were found to contain appreciable levels of crude protein (263.2 g/kg dry matter (DM)); ether extract (79.6 g/kg DM); crude fiber (95.8 g/kg DM) and ash content (38.4 g/kg DM). Among the different treatments used, soaking in sodium bicarbonate solution + autoclaving was more effective in reducing maximum levels of various anti-nutritional compounds of VB seeds. Furthermore, in experiment 2, the effect of inclusion of different levels of velvet bean meal (VBM; subjected to soaking in sodium bicarbonate solution + autoclaving) as an alternative protein source in poultry feed on the growth performance of commercial-type broiler birds was investigated. The results indicate that the inclusion of VBM up to the 40% level exhibited better growth performance of the broiler birds such as feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio in both the starter and finisher phases.

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Mucuna pruriens var. utilispoultry feedprotein ingredientsodium bicarbonate + autoclavingvelvet bean meal
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 67 - 73
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2010

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