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Effect of different levels of digestible lysine on performance, and blood parameters of male and female broilers in the starter period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

F Alemi
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
M Shivazad
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
M Zaghari
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
H Moravej
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
A Mahdavi*
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
S A Hosseini
Affiliation:
Tehran University, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
A Mahdavi*
Affiliation:
Sharif University, Tehran-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
S Savar Sofla
Affiliation:
Animal Science Researches Institute of Iran, Karaj-Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Lysine is the reference amino acid (AA) in the ideal AA ratios for chickens. Feed formulation based on digestible AA has been shown to increase weight gain and feed intake and improve body composition in broilers. Amino acid (AA) in most feed ingredients will not be totally digested, and knowledge of such efficiency is important in formulating diets and will be used to eliminate differences in absorption efficiencies due to feedstuff sources. This study was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and blood parameters of broilers fed various levels of DL (Digestible Lysine) supplemented in diets from day 1 to day 18.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2009

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