Nutritive value of pearl millet grains for poultry feed–a review

Kumaravel, V. and Natarajan, A. (2015) Nutritive value of pearl millet grains for poultry feed–a review. International Journal of Science, Environment, 4 (1). pp. 230-233.

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Abstract

Pearl millet grain could be considered an alternative feed ingredient for poultry. It contains crude protein ranges from 10.30 to 12.96 per cent. The available carbohydrate content of pearl millet was 59.80 per cent whereas in maize it was 62.00 per cent. The ME value of pearl millet, as reviewed from several works, ranged from 2642 to 3445 kcal/kg.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pearl Millet, Nutritive Value, Poultry feed, Alternative feed ingredient
Author Affiliation: KVK, VC & RI campus, Namakkal – 02,
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Millet
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2017 06:18
Last Modified: 30 Aug 2017 06:18
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14977

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