3016 Advances3016-3020, in Life Sciences Advances in Life Sciences 5(8), Print : ISSN 2278-3849, 2016 5(8), 2016
Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Different Levels of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella sativa L.) on Meat Cholesterol in Broilers D.J. BHAGAT, S.S. SATALE AND SHALU KUMAR* Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli – 415712, Maharashtra, INDIA *email:
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ABSTRACT The average muscle cholesterol of broilers was 36.86, 28.27, 29.12, 25.58, 23.27 and 29.49 mg/100 g for the supplementation of 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 per cent groups of black cumin seed powder, respectively. It was evident that average muscle cholesterol in 2.0 per cent black cumin seed powder was lowest as compared to other treatment groups. The average muscles fat was 1.63, 1.26, 1.12, 1.95, 1.43 and 2.05 g/100 g for the levels of 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5 per cent of black cumin seed powder, respectively. The fat content in muscle did not differ significantly due to different treatments. The significant (P
