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Konwar,-BK; Ahmed,-HF; Phukan,-B

All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Agricultural By-Products, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati 781 022, India.

Indian-Journal-of-Poultry-Science. 1988, 23: 2, 175-177; 5 ref.

Duplicate groups of 28, 7-day-old broilers were given isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets containing nahar seed oilmeal (NSM; Mesua ferrea) replacing maize at 0, 15, 30 and 45% until 8 weeks old. All chickens had a positive mineral balance and there were no significant differences in feed intake, feed conversion efficiency, dressing percentage or mortality between diets. Additionally, lower cost of NSM increases the advantages of its use as a maize replacement in chicken fattening.