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Provedor de dados: | 89
País: | Brazil
Título: | Effects of dietary arginine supplementation on broiler breeder egg production and hatchability
Autores: | Silva,LMGS; Murakami,AE; Fernandes,JIM; Dalla Rosa,D; Urgnani,JF.
Data: | 2012-12-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Amino acids; Egg weight; Embryo diagnosis; Hatch.
Resumo: | This study investigated the effects of arginine (Arg) supplementation on broiler breeder egg production and egg quality. Male (30) and female (360) Ross® breeders, totaling 390 birds, were studied. A completely randomized design with five Arg levels (0.943%, 1.093%, 1.243%, 1.393%, 1.543% digestible Arg) and six replicates of 12 females and one male per experimental unit was applied. The following performance and egg quality were evaluated: lay percentage, albumen and yolk contents, average egg weight, egg specific gravity, and eggshell percentage and thickness. Hatchability and and embryo mortality were also determined. The applied dietary digestible Arg levels quadratically influenced egg production (p&lt;0.05), with the highest production obtained when 1.262% digestible Arg was supplemented. Egg weight linearly increased (p&lt;0.05) with digestible Arg dietary level; however, egg specific gravity linearly decreased (p&lt;0.05). Hatchability was not affected (p&lt;0.05) by digestible Arg level. The supplementation of broiler breeder diets with Arg improved egg production and egg weight without any effect on hatchability. Further research is needed to determine the effect of dietary Arg supplementation on the performance of the progeny.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2012000400006
Editor: | Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Relação: | 10.1590/S1516-635X2012000400006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science  v.14 n.4 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess