Effect of threonine and potassium carbonate on broiler chicken performance, immunity, carcass traits, and small intestine morphology.

Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1277355 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-7438 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00494747 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2005- : Heidelberg : Springer
Original Publication: Edinburgh, Livingstone.

Animal Feed/*analysis ; Carbonates/*administration & dosage ; Chickens/*growth & development ; Diet/*veterinary ; Potassium/*administration & dosage ; Threonine/*administration & dosage; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena/drug effects ; Animals ; Dietary Supplements ; Iran ; Male

This study aimed to investigate the interactive effect of dietary threonine (i.e., 100, 110, and 120%) and low and high dietary potassium (i.e., 0.85 and 0.94% of diet) on the performance, immune response, blood metabolites, carcass traits, and jejunum morphology of broiler chickens in Iran. In a completely randomized design, 300 1-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were assigned to one of six dietary treatments with a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement. Broiler chicken growth performance, blood metabolite concentration, jejunum morphology, and antibody titter against Newcastle disease and influenza viruses were not affected by dietary treatments (P > 0.05). High level of dietary potassium led to lower toe web thickness index at 4 h post injection while compared to control group, threonine supplementation significantly decreased toe web thickness of broiler chickens at 24 and 48 h post injection (P < 0.05). Dietary treatments had no significant effects on carcass, abdominal fat, and breast and thigh percentages while higher dietary potassium increased serum glucose concentration (P < 0.05). Broilers fed diet supplemented with 20% supplemented threonine and higher potassium level had lower breast meat fat percentage while those fed diet supplemented with 20% threonine and low potassium had higher thigh meat protein percentage (P < 0.05). It can be concluded that although threonine supplementation improved toe web thickness index as cell-mediated immune response and lowered breast meat fat percentage in broiler chickens, there was no interaction between potassium with threonine in broiler chicken nutrition.

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Keywords: Broiler; Carcass parameters; Performance; Potassium; Threonine

0 (Carbonates)
2ZD004190S (Threonine)
BQN1B9B9HA (potassium carbonate)
RWP5GA015D (Potassium)

Date Created: 20200211 Date Completed: 20200925 Latest Revision: 20210212

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