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Determination apparent digestibility pomegranate seed using in vivo method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

R. Feizi ,
A. Ghodratnama ,
M. Zahedifar ,
M. Danesh Mesgaran  and
M. Raisianzadeh
R. Feizi*
Affiliation:
The Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan Province, Mashhad P. O. Box 91735-1148, Iran
A. Ghodratnama
Affiliation:
The Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan Province, Mashhad P. O. Box 91735-1148, Iran
M. Zahedifar
Affiliation:
Animal Science Research Institute, P. O. Box 1483-31585, Karaj, Iran
M. Danesh Mesgaran
Affiliation:
Dep of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mashhad, P. O. Box 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
M. Raisianzadeh
Affiliation:
The Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Khorasan Province, Mashhad P. O. Box 91735-1148, Iran
*
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Pomegranate by-products (peel and seed) contain about 40-45 percent of the fruit’s weight, but little information is available on their nutritive value. Chemical analysis of the pomegranate seed (PS) show that it contains average of 10-12 percent of crude protein. PS also contain a little amount of tannin (about 2.7 percent). Since feed accounts for 75-85% of the total costs of meet production and the use of them in feeding ruminant may decrease the cost of feeding. The objective of this experiment was also to determine nutrients digestibility of PS.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 222
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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