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Table 7 Biological value, biological value, the tru-digestibility, and net protein utilization of commercial Cobb broiler meat-fed different levels of prickly pear peel powder

From: Productive performance and meat quality of commercial Cobb chicken fed diets containing different levels of prickly pear fruits (Opuntia ficus indica) peel

Item

Control casein

Levels of prickly pear peel

+ SE

R1 (0%)

R2 (5%)

R3 (10%)

R4(15%)

Biological value (BV)

88.04c

83.15d

89.57c

93.07b

99.41a

3.14*

Tru digestibility (TD)

96.70

96.87

97.89

98.85

99.23

2.56 NS

Net protein utilization (NPU)

84.88c

83.28c

85.80c

95.36b

98.76a

2.84*

  1. + a, b, c, dMeans with different superscripts on the same row are different at (P < 0.05), NS non-significant)