title: Utilisation of sesame (Sesamum indicum) seed meal in broiler chicken diets.
abstract: 1. Soybean meal (SBM) was replaced with sesame seed meal (SSM) at proportions of 0.00, 0.33, 0.67 and 1.00 on a protein basis in broiler diets (2 to 42 d of age). Each diet was fed to 8 replicates of 5 birds each. 2. Body weight gain, food efficiency, ready-to-cook (RTC) yield, relative weights of giblet, liver and abdominal fat were not affected by including SSM up to 0.67 proportion of SBM in starter and finisher diets (360 and 310 g/kg, respectively). The relation between level of SSM and growth performance variable (weight gain, food efficiency and RTC yield) was non-linear. 3. Weight, breaking strength and ash content of tibia decreased non-linearly with the proportion of SSM in diet. 4. The activity of alkaline phosphatase and protein concentration in serum decreased linearly with the amount of SSM in the diet.
authors.affiliation: Project Directorate on Poultry, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rama Rao
authors.forename: M V L N
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Poonam
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shyam Sunder
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002645:Chickens / Q000097:blood / Q000254:growth & development*; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D031685:Sesamum