Chemical composition of decorticated tamarind seed meal

Decorticated tamarind seed meal (DTSM) a by-product of tamarind pulp industry had the following nutrient content (%), crude protein -16.58, crude fibre -2.27, ether extract -7.84, total ash -3.59, calcium 0.34, phosphorous-0.29, methionin-0.17, nicotinic acid 0.17mg/g, nicotinamide -0.84 mg/g, pantothenate-11.14 mg/g and tannin 0.40%. The digestibility % of nutrient in the TSM was 75.01, 43.13,15.16, 47.60 and 18.55 for ether extract, NDF, ADF, hemicelluloses and cellulose respectively. The metabolizability of protein and energy are 59.36% and 2712 Kcal/kg.