
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Eason, PJ 
A1  - Johnson, RJ 
A1  - Castleman, GH 
T1  - The effects of dietary inclusion of narbon beans (<I>Vicia narbonensis</I>) on the growth of broiler chickens
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1990
VL  - 41
IS  - 3
SP  - 565
EP  - 571
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9900565 
N2  - The narbon bean (Vicia narbonensis) is a grain legume which shows agronomic potential in southern Australia. In the present study narbon beans (50 and 100 g kg-1) were compared with lupins (Lupinus augustifolius) and field peas (Pisum sativum) (100 g kg-1), in starter diets for broiler chickens. There were two control diets one which contained soybean meal (1 10 g kg-1) and a second which contained meat and bone meal (65 g kg-1) as the major protein supplement. The diets were fed from 1 to 2 1 days, each to 48 male chickens. There were no significant effects (P< 0.05) of dietary inclusion of narbon beans at either 50 or 100 g kg-1on feed intake, liveweight, liveweight gain or feed conversion ratio of broiler chickens when compared with the other protein sources. 
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