MUNGBEAN SEED (VIGNA RADIATA) EVALUATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN SOURCE IN POULTRY DIETS | ||||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 29, Issue 11, November 2004, Page 6149-6156 PDF (2.33 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2004.239435 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| A. A. Hemid,1; A. H. Abd EI-Gawad2; M. M. EL- Moniary2 | ||||
| 1Poultry Production Dept., Fac. Agric., Ain-Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Animal Production Dept., National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki,Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Chemical analysis and biological test had been done to evaluate new variety (Kawmi-1) of mungbean seeds (Vigna radiata) as an alternative protein source in poultry diets. The chemical analysis included nutrients composition and essential amino acids content. Chemical score (CS) and essential amino acids index (EMI) values were calculated from the amino acids pattern. Total protein efficiency (TPE) determination was carried out as a biological method to evaluate protein quality. The results of proximate analysis recorded values of: 9.53 % Moisture, 25% CP, 1.53% EE, 3.01 % CF, 3.06% Ash, 0.14% Ca, 0.59% P and 57.87% NFE. Mungbean seeds (MBS) protein appeared to have balanced essential amino acids pattern. The chemical score values indicated that the first limiting amino acid was methionine+cystine. EMI for MBS protein recorded 64.3 calculated based on whole egg protein. TPE value for MBS was improved significantly (p < 0.05) by adding complementary level of methionine to achieve SBM with no significant difference (2.28 vs. 2.29 for "MBS+methionine" and SBM treatments, respectively). It could be concluded that MBS is a promising poultry feedstuff as alternative source of protein. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| broilers; mungbean; soybean meal; protein evaluation; TPE | ||||
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