Open AccessTWO-STAGE COOKING AS A METHOD OF IMPROVING THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF JACKBEAN (Canavalia ensiformis) FOR BROILERS
Author(s) -
A. B. I. Udedibie,
BO Esonu,
C Unachukwu,
NC Iwouha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v23i2.2242
Subject(s) - canavalia ensiformis , broiler , zoology , feed conversion ratio , cooking methods , body weight , food science , biology , horticulture , endocrinology
A 4 - week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effect of 2-stage cooking on the 1988; Wyss and Bickel, 1988). The best known nutritive value of jackbean (Canavalia ensiformis) for broilers. Two-stage cooking is one of the practices employed in the village for preparing toxic foodstuffs for human consumption. Jack Beans were cooked for 40 minutes at the end of which the cooking water was thrown out. Fresh water was added and it was valuable as a protein and energy supplement cooking continued thereafter for another 40 minutes. The two-stage cooked jackbeans were dried, ground and included in a broiler finisher diet at 0,10,15 and 20% levels, respectively, and each diet fed to 30 broiler chickens for 4 weeks. There were no significant (P <0.05) differences in feed intake, growth rate and feed conversion ration among the four experimental groups.