Products from Under-Utilised Plant Seeds as Poultry Feed Ingredients

Abstract

To stlrliy sutlle oftlre poterrtial lrazanis of plarzt seeds, an exjwrinrent U Jco~lziti rtcd to study flre efficf of ii~chrsiorr
of ~1171j1a ck beat^, Callavalia ensiforrrris, nrrif linrrrbuzrl, Plrnseolzrs lunntzrs, (0, 250 [zrrii 500gIcg) i~rbr oiler clzicker~
diets (0 - 28 i i ~ ~ y so)r1, the pcrforrrra~lcca rrd the cytoyntl~olog~cacllz arlges proifzrced irr tlzc iriternnl orgtlrls oftlre
clzicks. Rclativc parzcreas wciglit irzcreascd sigr?$cntitl!j (IJ < 0.05) nrld Ilistologicnl alteratior~sir z tlle lrrilgs sliozoe~l
severe atelectasis, tliicler~irzgo ftlie alveolar septa niiif bro~~clriolcarp t~lie lial l~ypcrplasia,S liglr t lrcrrrorrllngcs .rilere
observed in flie irztestirral zoalls of growilzg clzicksfed 250g/kg ntld 500g/kg ofjaclthea~zn rzd lr~rrlzbearri cspecfively.
171e livers slzowed rilarkeii coligestiolz of tlre sirzusoids and tlle cerztrolobzilar veiizs zollile the ki[iueys SIZOZLICII
iiisterlsiorr of tlze capillary vessels witli rilrlrzeroiis tlzrorrrbi. Tlze results irzdicate stnrctural altei,ations in tllc illtenla1
organs ofclzicksfed plant seeds nnd tl~eseco rrld be attrlbirted to the presence ofallelochc~rzicallsr z tlzc seeds arzd their
effects it1 broiler clzickerzs.