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Effects of Replacement of Methionine in Diets with Taurine on Growth Performance and Blood Index in Broilers

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Taurine 10

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 975))

Abstract

We studied effects of replacement of methionine with taurine on growth performance and blood index of AA+ broilers. Six hundred 1 day broilers were divided into 5 groups, with 3 replicates of 40 broilers in each. The experiment lasted for 42 days.

The control group were fed on formulated diets containing 2% methionine; the other groups were offered feed with equal nitrogen and calories to the control group, but contained 25, 50, 75 and 100% taurine in place of methionine.

Compared with the control group, no significant differences were observed in growth performance of 1–21 days broilers, or the serum LDL-C, TC, IgG and SOD of the experimental groups (P> 0.05). ADG and F/G from days 1–42, ADG, ADFI and F/G from days 22–42 were significantly different between the experimental groups and the control group (P < 0.05). ADFI and Mortality in 50, 75 and 100% taurine groups were significantly different compared with the control group (P < 0.05). IgM and GSH-PX of 50 and 75% taurine groups were significantly different compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Serum HDL-C, T-AOC levels in 50, 75 and 100% taurine groups were significantly different compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Based on the quadratic regression analysis, the best replacement ratios were 58%, 61% and 61% on days 1–21, 22–42, and 1–42, respectively. In conclusion, appropriate levels of taurine supplement can improve growth performance, immune system, T-AOC, and lipid metabolism.

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Abbreviations

ADFI:

Average daily feed intake

ADG:

Average daily gain

CSAD:

Cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase

F/G:

Feed conversion ration

GSH-Px:

Glutathione peroxidase

HDL-C:

High density lipoprotein cholesterol

IgA:

Immunoglobulin A

IgG:

Immunoglobulin G

IgM:

Immunoglobulin M

LDL-C:

Low density lipoprotein cholesterol

NS:

Non-significant

T-AOC:

Total antioxidant capacity

TC:

Total cholesterol

TG:

Triglyceride

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The project was supported by the National Key Laboratory project of Animal Nutrition (2004DA125184F1423), National Program for Science and Technology Support, China (2011BAD26B03), Cultivation Plan for Youth Agricultural Science and Technology Innovative Talents of Liaoning Province (No. 2014049) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31502026).

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    Qiufeng Lv, Ling Sun, Yiqing Cui, Jiancheng Yang, Qunhui Yang, Xiangyu Yu, Mei Liu, Zhili Ning & Jianmin Hu

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Lv, Q. et al. (2017). Effects of Replacement of Methionine in Diets with Taurine on Growth Performance and Blood Index in Broilers. In: Lee, DH., Schaffer, S.W., Park, E., Kim, H.W. (eds) Taurine 10. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 975. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1079-2_78

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