author(s)
Rohit Kumar, Preeti, Salik Nazki, Manjula Thakur, Jagish Kour Reen and SS Thakur

abstract
This experiment aimed at studying the nutritional characteristics of rice gluten meal (RGM) along with conventional protein source groundnut cake (GNC). RGM contained 464 g/kg of crude protein with 821 and 196 g/kg nitrogen as borate-buffer insoluble nitrogen and acid detergent insoluble nitrogen, respectively, which were higher (P<0.05) when compared to GNC. In vitro gas production (183 and 192 mL/g), organic matter digestibility (737 and 751 g/kg), metabolisable energy (13.15 and 13.56 MJ/kg), net energy for maintenance and gain were comparable between RGM and GNC, respectively. Furthermore, the concentration of critical amino acids like lysine was almost comparable between the two feeds, whilst methionine level was slightly higher in RGM.