Feeding seasme seed meal

摘要

Cereal proteins which make up a large proportion of a normal poultry ration are particularly deficient both in quantity and quality of protein, especially in some critical amino acids like lysine, methionine and tryptophane. Protein sources used with cereal grains must therefore be chosen in such a way that they make up, the deficiency of the critical amino acids. The choice of a specific protein supplement used in a feed will depend upon its relative cost and its nutritional value, mainly in terms of its amino acid composition. Plant sources of protein are obtained chiefly from certain oil-bearing seeds such as soybean, cottonseed, groundnut (peanut). In some parts of the world, sunflower meal, sesame meal and mustard (rapeseed) meals are also used as protein supplements. Table 1 shows India's major oil seed meal production in relation to the world during the years 1991 and 1995. During the four-year period, India has recorded a higher annual growth of 7.0% in oil