Growth responses of breast and leg muscles to essential amino acids in broiler chicks

Autor: M. Mehri, F. Bagherzadeh-Kasmani, M. Rokouei
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Animal, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 390-395 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1751-7311
17517311
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731115002128
Popis: The first three essential amino acids (EAA) for broilers including methionine (Met), lysine (Lys) and threonine (Thr) may greatly influence the growth of chick muscles at early stages of life. In order to survey the potential effects of those EAA on growth muscles, a rotatable three-variable central composite design (CCD) was conducted to track the interrelationships of dietary digestible Met (dMet), Lys (dLys) and Thr (dThr) for optimization of processing yields in broiler chicks using response surface methodology. A total of 60 floor pens of six birds each were assigned to 15 dietary treatments based on CCD containing five levels of dMet (0.416% to 0.584% of diet), dLys (0.881% to 1.319% of diet) and dThr (0.532% to 0.868% of diet) from 3 to 16 days of age. Experimental treatments significantly affected breast mass (BM) and leg mass (LM) of the birds (P
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