The nutritive value of the forage peaPisutn arvensecv. ‘Rosakrone’ for laying hens

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SUMMARY: The nutritive value of a new forage pea (Pisum arvense), commercially available as ‘Rosakrone’, was assessed by feeding the seeds in ground form to laying hens as a supplementary source of protein in diets based on mixed cereals. Like other pulse seeds they were found to be relatively deficient in methionine. The effect of this on egg production was overcome by adding synthetic methionine to the diet.However, there was also present an anti-nutritive factor, similar in action to that found in other pulse seeds, which caused live-weight loss and reduced the rate of lay to about 0·85 of normal in 20 weeks with 40% pea meal in the diet. This anti-nutritive factor appeared to be heat stable.