Improvement of nutritive value of deoiled rice bran. 2. Effect of acid treatment on deoiled rice bran
Purushothaman, M.R.; Agrawal, D.K.; Sadagopan, V.R.
Indian Journal of Poultry Science 24(4): 257-262
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0974-8180
Accession: 002132429
Deoiled rice bran (DRB) was treated with 0.34 N hydrochloric acid and heated for 30 min. Hemicellulose and cellulose contents were reduced by 47.9 and 36%, respectively, and available carbohydrate content was increased by 30%. For 5 weeks, 96 one-week-old broiler chickens were fed on diets containing 0, 10, 15 or 20% acid-treated DRB. Weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion efficiency, nutrient utilization, metabolizable energy content of feeds, nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium balances, and carcass yield were the same in all groups.