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Effects of supplementing broiler diets with CreAMINO® on broiler performance, carcass traits and the
expression of muscle growth related genes
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Metwally1, Doaa Ibrahim1 and Safaa I Khater2 |
1Department
of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Zagazig University, Egypt; 2Department of Biochemistry,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
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Abstract |
The present study was
conducted to investigate the effects of CreAMINO® (96%
Guanidinoacetic acid) addition into the broiler on growth performance,
carcass trait, chemical composition of meat and molecular investigation
of the expression of Myogenin, Myostatin and IGF-1 genes. Three hundred
fifty one-day-old Ross 308 chicks were allocated to seven dietary
treatments with 5 replicates containing 10 birds in each. Each feeding
phase (starter, grower or finisher) was extended for two weeks. The
treatments were control diet (without CreAMINO®), the 2nd, 3rd , 4th and
5th treatments were the same as control in addition to CreAMINO® was
added on top with 0.6 g/kg to the control diet in starter only, grower
only, finisher only and whole rearing period for (2nd, 3rd , 4th and 5th
treatment, respectively). A control reduced metabolizable energy and
crude protein diet (50 kcal/kg and 0.5%, respectively) was formulated to
be the 6th treatment and CreAMINO® was added to the control reduced diet
on top with 0.6 g/kg to be the 7th treatment. The results indicated that
supplementation of broiler diets with CreAMINO® significantly
improved bird performance. The best performance was seen when CreAMINO®
was fed during the whole rearing period compared to control, rearing
stages and reduced feed contents. Addition of CreAMINO® to
the control. Adding CreAMINO® into reduced feed contents,
fully compensated bird performance. CreAMINO® supplementation
significantly improved carcass dressing, breast meat yield, reduced
abdominal fat, and increased the protein content of the breast muscle.
Moreover, feeding CreAMINO® had no negative effect on kidney
function tests. CreAMINO® showed a powerful anabolic effect on skeletal
muscle, indicated by the up regulation of Myogenin and IGF-1 genes and
down regulation of Myostatin gene expression in the pectoral muscle. In
conclusion, CreAMINO® improved broiler growth performance, carcass
traits and had sparing effect on energy and protein in broiler diet.
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Keywords:
CreAMINO®,
broiler performance, Guanidinoacetic acid, gene expression
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To cite this article:
Metwally AE, D Ibrahim and SI Khater, 2015.
Effects of supplementing
broiler diets with CreAMINO® on broiler performance, carcass traits and the
expression of muscle growth related genes.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(11): 435-442. |
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