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Effect of feed restriction and different energy and protein contents of the diet on performance and growth hormone concentration in the blood of broiler chicken

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

Shokoufe Ghazanfari*
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi Mashhad University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Hassan Kermanshahi
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi Mashhad University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Mahammad Reza Nassiry
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi Mashhad University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Abolghasem Golian
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi Mashhad University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Karim Nobari
Affiliation:
Ferdowsi Mashhad University, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Feed restriction during growth increase plasma growth hormone (GH) concentrations observed in domestic birds fed practical diets (Proudman et al., 1981). Nguyen et al., 2005 indicated that lower protein diet (17% CP) reduced live body weight and daily weight gain at early ages. Dietary protein levels higher than 17% CP did not show any significantly effect on growth performance, although increasing dietary protein levels positively improved growth performance and feed utilisation. Dietary energy contents of 12.54 and 13.38 MJ ME/kg did not alter the growth performance of the Betong chicks.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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Nguyen, T. V., and Bunchasak, C.. 2005. J. Sci. Technol. 27: 1171–1178.Google Scholar
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