The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Femur Bone Mineralization in Chickens Fed Maize and Rice Bran Based Diets


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1 Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Radiology Department, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India
     

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High phytin content in the feeds interferes with the availability of the dietary calcium that the availability of calcium on a diet based on rice bran was lower than on diet based on maize. Rice bran is an important food resource in India. The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of feeding diets based on rice bran to growing chickens on the mineralization of their femur bones.
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Authors

Aruna Tomar
Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Radiology Department, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India
K. S. Singh
Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Radiology Department, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India
S. Sahu
Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Radiology Department, Govind Ballab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India

Abstract


High phytin content in the feeds interferes with the availability of the dietary calcium that the availability of calcium on a diet based on rice bran was lower than on diet based on maize. Rice bran is an important food resource in India. The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of feeding diets based on rice bran to growing chickens on the mineralization of their femur bones.