Growth rate and composition of skeletal muscle of chickens fed different raw legume diets.
A significant impairment in the rate of growth and food efficiency, along with an increase in the non-protein nitrogenous fraction and a decrease in the sarcoplasmic nitrogenous fraction of the skeletal musculature, was found in chickens fed ad libitum over a 7-week period on the raw legumes V. faba, G. soja, V. ervilia, and Ph. vulgaris. The possible nature of these effects is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development*; D004032:Diet; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007887:Fabaceae; D008297:Male; D024510:Muscle Development; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D009584:Nitrogen