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 |
