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Cumin seed meal with enzyme and polyethylene glycol as an alternative to wheat bran in broiler diets
Author(s) -
Mansoori Behzad,
Modirsanei Mehrdad,
Kiaei Saied MohammadMehdi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2662
Subject(s) - broiler , gizzard , bran , meal , food science , feed conversion ratio , peg ratio , zoology , abdominal fat , body weight , chemistry , biology , raw material , organic chemistry , finance , economics , endocrinology
Iran produces about 7000 metric tons of cumin seed meal (CSM) as a by‐product of cumin oil extraction factories, annually. To evaluate the nutritional significance of cumin seed meal as a broiler feedstuff, an experiment was conducted using 288 male broiler chicks (14 days old) receiving diets containing 0, 25 and 50 g kg −1 of CSM with and without polyethylene glycol (PEG) and enzyme (Grindazyme ™ GP 15000) for 28 days. Total body weight (BW), body weight gain (WG), feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), weight of carcass and percentage of legs, breast and edible parts of carcass were measured. The results showed that, inclusion of CSM in broiler diets had no negative influence on parameters evaluated compared to the control diet containing wheat bran ( P > 0.05). PEG and enzyme had no influence on the bird performance ( P > 0.05). There was an increase in relative weight of gizzard when the amount of CSM in the diet was increased ( P < 0.01). An increase in relative weight of gizzard in birds that received the CSM diet was likely to be due to the increase in fibre content of CSM diets. In respect of the low price of CSM, it could be concluded that inclusion of CSM at levels used in this experiment has no negative effect on broiler performance and reduces the overall cost of broiler production. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry