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Lablab seeds have potential value in poultry feeding due to their composition, but high fiber and antinutritional factors limit their energy value and protein digestibility. Raw lablab seeds negatively impact feed intake and growth performance, particularly in young birds, while thermal treatment can mitigate some adverse effects. It is recommended to use processed lablab seeds at a maximum of 5% of the diet, with higher levels only if economically justified.

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Lablab seeds have potential value in poultry feeding due to their composition, but high fiber and antinutritional factors limit their energy value and protein digestibility. Raw lablab seeds negatively impact feed intake and growth performance, particularly in young birds, while thermal treatment can mitigate some adverse effects. It is recommended to use processed lablab seeds at a maximum of 5% of the diet, with higher levels only if economically justified.

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Poultry
The proximate composition of lablab seeds suggests that they are potentially valuable in poultry
feeding, despite the high fiber content that limits their energy value. The presence of
antinutritional factors such as tannins and trypsin inhibitors limits the digestibility of protein in
the absence of appropriate treatment.
Broilers

The use of raw lablab seeds resulted in depressed feed intake and growth performance (Rasha et
al., 2007; Abeke et al., 2007a; Abeke et al., 2008c). Some health problems and mortality also
occurred in these experiments. Thermal treatment helped reducing the negative impact of lablab,
with a higher efficiency of boiling (optimum duration 30 min) compared to dry processing
(Elamin et al., 2013). However, even with soaking and boiling, growth was lower with added
lablab than with control diets (Abeke et al., 2007a; Abeke et al., 2008d; Elamin et al., 2013). The
effect of lablab depended on the inclusion level. In these trials, feed intake was not much
affected by lablab. Young birds seem to be much more sensitive to lablab than finishers, in which
growth was only slightly reduced by 5 to 10% lablab in the diet (Abeke et al., 2008a; Abeke et
al., 2008c; Abeke et al., 2008d). It can be recommended to use only processed seeds for poultry
feeding, and to limit the level of lablab seeds to 5% of the diet. Higher levels could be used if the
economic advantage of lablab compared to other protein sources compensates for the lower feed
efficiency (Cino et al., 1999).

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