GROWTH-RATE AND COMPOSITION OF SKELETAL-MUSCLE OF CHICKENS FED DIFFERENT RAW LEGUME DIETS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 44  (4) , 336-342
Abstract
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-wk period on the raw legumes Vicia ervilia, V. faba, Glycine soja and Phaseolus vulgaris. The possible nature of these effects is discussed.