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Effects of supplementing broiler diets with CreAMINO® on broiler performance, carcass traits and the expression of muscle growth related genes

AE 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

 
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.

Keywords: CreAMINO®, broiler performance, Guanidinoacetic acid, gene expression
 
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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