One hundred and twenty day old straight run coloured chicken (Chabro) were distributed into four treatments: T1-basal diet, T25% of basal diet replaced with Azolla meal on dry matter basis, T3Basal diet+Raw azolla after 4 weeks, T4T2+Raw azolla after 4 weeks. Average weekly weight gain of T1, T2 and T3 were significantly higher (P<0.01) than T4 birds at 2nd week. There was no significant differ...

Soybean meal is a major protein source for swine and other monogastric animals. However, soybeans, like other legume seeds, contain anti-nutritional factors. Scientists have been successful in eliminating the principle growth inhibitors in soybeans through physical and chemical processing. However, galactosyl oligosaccharides, i.e., α-galactosides and βgalactomannan, known as flatulence-produci...

The present study was aimed at isolating a potential keratinase producing bacteria from chicken feathers collected from poultry waste sites in and around Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and optimising the parameters for the enzyme production. The strain was identified as Bacillus licheniformis KMBVP based on 16srRNA gene sequencing. The strain showed high keratinolytic activity when cultured in feather...

Soy is a legume and has been successfully cultivated around the world. Today, the world’s top producers of soy are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, China and India. According Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (Abiove), the Brazil is responsible for some 28 percent of the world's soybean production, with the estimate of a production of 57 million tons. The Brazil is the worl...

s of papers 25 102 The bioavailability of lysine in distiller’s dried grains plus solubles. B. S. Lumpkins*, A. B. Batal, and N. M. Dale, University of Georgia. Distiller’s dried grains plus solubles (DDGS) is a by-product from ethanol production. ’New generation’ DDGS is almost entirely from corn fermentation and apparently undergoes a gentler drying process than the DDGS available in the past...

Use of byproducts in ruminant diets can decrease production costs and increase total production. Chemical and physical characteristics of byproduct feedstuffs and animal nutrient requirements determine most appropriate means of use. Broiler litter is high in ruminally degraded crude protein and moderate to low in available energy concentration; therefore, most efficient use is as a crude protei...

The objectives were to quantify gastrointestinal tolerance, total tract nutrient digestibility, and serum lipid profiles of dogs as affected by α-cyclodextrin (ACD) supplementation and to validate the accuracy of fat analyses techniques using novel ACD-fat complexes. The ACD was hydrolyzed and free sugars and hydrolyzed monosaccharides were quantified using high performance liquid chromatograph...

Fly larvae may provide an effective method to mitigate two large and growing global concerns: the use of fish meal derived from capture fisheries in aquaculture diets and manure management in livestock and poultry facilities. A 9-wk feed trial was conducted to determine whether fly larvae could be used as a partial fish meal and fish oil replacement in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, diets....

Various studies in poultry nutrition have indicated that certain diets based on vegetable products are deficient in a hatchability-promoting or growth-promoting factor which is associated with certain animal protein materials (l-4). Hammond and Titus (5) studied the effect of a diet of corn, soy bean meal, alfalfa meal, butyl fermentation residues, minerals, and vitamin Ds on chicks and found t...