Effect of different levels of ragi (Eleusine coracana) husk in semisynthetic diet on the growth of albino rats.

Kanchana, S. and Shurpalekar, K. S. (1988) Effect of different levels of ragi (Eleusine coracana) husk in semisynthetic diet on the growth of albino rats. Nutrition Reports International, 38 (5). pp. 1067-1071.

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Abstract

For 6 weeks, 8 groups of 6 male albino Wistar rats 8 days old and weighing 65 g were freely given a semipurified diet (crude protein 9%), with casein 11% and ragi husk (Eleusine coracana) or cellulose 5, 10, 15 or 20%. Feed:gain ratio was 0.237, 0.265, 0.254 and 0.246 for ragi husk, and 0.234, 0.228, 0.225 and 0.219 for cellulose, with 5, 10, 15 and 20%, respectively.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	husks-; growth-; plant-residues; utilization-; fodder-; Nutritive-value
Subjects:	600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value > 07 Waste utilization 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 21 Cereals > 05 Ragi (Finger Millet)
Divisions:	Dept. of Biochemistry
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	29 Jul 2021 05:43
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2021 05:43
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/8519

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