TY  - JOUR
T1  - SThe Effect of Using Excess Lysine on the Performance and Slaughter Characteristics of Broiler Chickens
AU - , Sayed Majid Hosseini AU - , Sayed Mostafa Akbary AU - , Naser Maheri-Sis AU - , Afshar Mirzaei-Aghsaghali 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SP  - 143
EP  - 147
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2009.143.147
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2009.143.147
KW  - Broiler
KW  -lysine
KW  -feed intake
KW  -weight gain
KW  -abdominal fat
AB  - The study was conducted to investigate the effect of excess lysine on performance, viscera weight and abdominal fat in broilers during starter (0-3 weeks) and growing (4-6 weeks) periods. Two hundred and forty days old broiler chicks were reared using completely randomized design with four treatments groups (T<SUB>1</SUB> = 0%, T<SUB>2</SUB> = 0.2%, T<SUB>3</SUB> = 0.4%, T<SUB>4</SUB> = 0.6% excess lysine ) having three replicates of 20 birds in each group for 6 weeks. Results showed that the treatments groups there had no significant differences on feed intake at the rearing period. Weight gain and feed conversion ratio was better (p&lt;0.05) in treatment groups than T<SUB>1</SUB> (control group). There were significant differences in percentage of abdominal fat weight and offal weight between treatments (p&lt;0.05) in total period. Overall, we can suggest that T<SUB>3</SUB> (0.4% excess lysine) had better performance and carcass yield than other treatments.
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