Abstract:
The study was conducted to determine the effect of various processing temperatures on the lysine availability of Safflower Meal (SM). and the performance of broiler chicks. For the purpose SM was subjected to uniform heating at the temperature of 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120C for 30 minutes. The effect of feeding different experimental rations containing SM processed at various temperature was observed in terms of growth rate, feed consumption, feed efficiency and weight of internal organs of the chicks. The lysine contents of SM processed at 80, 90, 100, 110 and 120C was proportionately decreased by 12.93, 17.24, 19.82, 25.0 and 29.3% respectively. Low processing of SM up to 900 had non-significant effect on the performance of broiler chicks. Although a rise in temperature beyond 90C proportionately depressed the growth performance, which was alleviated through correcting the unavailability of lysine as observed after analysis of processed SM.
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5-12
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Pakistan journal of scientific research, Volume: 41-42, Issue: , Year: 1990