Evaluation of raw and heated velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens) as feed ingredients for broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 866-872

  Del Carmen, J ^a   Gernat, A G ^a   Myhrman, R ^b   Carew, L B ^c  

^a ZAMORANO UNIVERSITY   (Honduras)

^b Judson University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Growth; Mucuna pruriens; Toxic factors; Velvet bean

Indexed keywords

MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; COOKING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; COOKERY; FABACEAE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033144594     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.6.866     Document Type: Article

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