
%0 Journal Article
%A Eason, PJ 
%A Johnson, RJ 
%A Castleman, GH 
%T The effects of dietary inclusion of narbon beans (<I>Vicia narbonensis</I>) on the growth of broiler chickens
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1990/06/01
%V 41
%N 3
%P 565-571
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9900565
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9900565 
%X 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. 
