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In ovo
injection of L-arginine on performance and bone mineralization in
broiler chicken
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M. Nouri Sanami1, B. Ghaedi2,
J. Salary3 and H.R. Hemati Matin4* |
1Department of Animal Science, Islamic Azad
University, Garmsar Branch, Semnan-Iran; 2School of
Environmental and Rural Science, Department of Zoology, University of
New England, Armidale-Australia; 3Department of Animal
Science,
Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan-Iran;
4School of Agriculture,
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran-Iran
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Abstract |
This study evaluated the
influence of in ovo injection (IOI) of various levels of L-arginine
(LA) on performance and bone minerals in hatched chickens. A total of
500 fertile eggs were randomly distributed into 5 groups (100 eggs for
each group). Three groups were injected with 20, 40, or 60 mg LA per egg
dissolved in 0.5 ml normal saline. Rests two groups were used as
un-injected control and injected control (injected with 0.5 ml normal
saline). The hatched chickens from each group were randomly assigned to
4 replications of 12 chickens and reared under standard condition. A
quadratic increase (P=0.007) in hatchability percentage and linear
increase (P≤0.008) in body weight (BW), alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
activity and tibial contents of phosphorous (P) and copper (Cu) was
observed with increasing levels of LA in hatched chickens. In addition,
Ca content of tibia increased (Linear: 0.001; Quadratic: 0.003) with
increasing levels of LA. Body weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI) and
the activities of ALP and aspartate amino transferase (AST) linearly
increased (P≤0.041) with increasing levels of LA at 21 day of age.
The results indicated that LA at the level of 20 or 40 mg per egg
can accelerate broiler performance and bone minerals.
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Keywords:
Broiler; bone;
in ovo; L-arginine |
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To cite this article:
Sanami MN, B Ghaedi, J Salary and HRH Matin, 2014.
In ovo injection of L-arginine
on performance and bone mineralization in broiler chicken.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(7): 394-397. |
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