Response of Albino Rats to Dietary Levels of Mango Seed Cake

Abstract

Mangifera indica (Mango) seed kernel from Nigeria containing about 44% moisture, 6% Protein, 12.8% fat, 32.8% carbohydrate, 2% ash and 0.39% tannin, was defatted by petroleum ether, detoxified by ethanol, thoroughly sundried, then ground and used as supplementary animal diet ingredient.
Feed conversion ratio of diet containing as much as 15% of detoxified mango seed cake showed effective utilization in rats for body-building. Non-detoxified cake consumption by rats showed acceptable rates of in-vivo digestibility and weight gain.


JARD Vol. 1 2001: pp. 31-38