Not AvailablePresent experiments were conducted to test raw and detoxified neem cake as a replacement of soybean
meal in the diets of Wistar rats, Replacement of up to 25% soybean meal with DNC only resulted in positive
growth rate (0.60 g/d) in rats compared to control (1.55 g/d). Low levels of DNC supplementation (12.5% in
experiment 1 and 25% in experiment 2) caused similar nutrient intake and digestibility compared to control
group. The supplementation of DNC did not exert any abnormal changes in blood profiles. Serum testosterone
levels were lower (P<0.05) in rats that received DNC at 50% and RNC at 25%. Mild changes in intestinal villi
were observed in DNC 25% group. Feeding of DNC was better (P<0.05) than RNC and replacement of SBM
nitrogen with DNC up to 25% did not affect growth, feed consumption, blood profiles and histopathology.Not Availabl
