Evaluation of raw and heated velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens) as feed ingredients for broilers
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Effect of Feeding Velvet Beans (Mucuna pruriens L.) on the Performance and Lipid Profile of Broiler Chickens
The effect of feeding velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens L.) meal on the performance and lipid profile in broilers was investigated. Fourteen days old 200 broiler chicks were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design and feeding was continued for four weeks. Maize and soybean meal based control feed, and four test diets produced from the control feed by incorpora...
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عنوان ژورنال: Poultry Science
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0032-5791
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.6.866