Abstract 463

Mohan,-L; Reddy,-CV; Rao,-PV; Siddiqui,-SM

College of Veterinary Science, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Univ., Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500 030, India.

Indian-Journal-of-Animal-Sciences. 1984, 54: 9, 870-873; 10 ref.

From age 1 to 42 days chicks were given a diet with 32% groundnut cake (GNC) or with 25, 50, 75 or 100% of nitrogen in GNC replaced by safflower cake (SC). Weight gains were 820, 771, 700, 574 and 441 g and feed to gain ratios 2.22, 2.18, 2.20, 2.34 and 2.55, respectively. Autoclaving SC did not improve chick performance which was restored by supplements of lysine.