Investigations of the digestibility of proximate composition in commercial palm kern meal in broiler chick rations.
The digestibility for crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, ash and nitrogen-free extract were determined for palm kernel meal samples. The test diets, identified as DA, DB and DI, were formulated to contain 10%, 20% and 40% palm kernel meal, respectively. With the exception of crude fibre and crude protein the digestibility of the nutrients of the diets decreased significantly as the dietary fibre content increased.
Ogbonna
J U
JU
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, University of Ife, Nigeria.
Longe
O G
OG
Legel
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D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000378:metabolism*; D004063:Digestion; D011897:Random Allocation