Chemical composition of differently processed cajanus cajan seed meal and its effect on growth performance of broiler starter chicks

Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the chemical composition of differently processed Cajanus cajan seed meal (CCSM) and the effect on growth performance of broiler starter chicks for 42 days. One hundred day-old Anak were group into five dietary treatments (control, raw, toasted, cooked and soaked CCSM diets) at 20 birds per treatment in two replicates. Each proximate analysis revealed that Crude Protein, Ash, Crude Fibre of cooked and toasted CCSM were lower and the ether extract and Nitrogen free extract higher than in raw CCSM. The cooked CCSM diet was similar (P > 0.05) but better than the control diet in growth performance, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, and protein efficiency ratio, while toasted CCSDM  diet was inferior (P < 0.05) to raw CCSM diet. The conclusion is that boiling and soaking Cajanu cajan seeds improves the feeding value of CCSM for broiler chicks than using the raw or toasted seeds in CCSM.