impact of raw tallow detarium microcarpum (guill and sperr) seed meal on performance and blood parameters in broilers

the nutritive and anti-nutritive components of raw detarium microcarpum seed meals (dsm), and its’ impact on performance and blood constituents were investigated in broilers. day-old broilers (n=225) were randomly assigned to five treatments at graded levels of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% dsm in a completely randomized design. feed and water were given ad libitum till56 days. the analyzed dsm contained26.5% crude protein, 11.1% crude fibre, 15.2% ether extracts, 3.5% ash and 33.1% nfe. anti nutritional components of dsm contained 13.1% tannin, 9.6% saponins, 16.4% oxalate, 25.5% phytic acid and 5.1% hydrogen cyanides. weight gain and fcr were linearly decreased with increased inclusion of dsm. haematological and serum biochemical indices of birds fed 10, 15 and 20% diets were decreased (p