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Increased responsiveness to dietary lysine deficiency of pectoralis major muscle protein turnover in broilers selected on breast development.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2001
Tesseraud S, Temim S, Le Bihan-Duval E, Chagneau A M
Abstract excerpt
It has been previously established that growth and carcass qualities of chicks are modified by genotype and dietary amino acid supply. In this study, we evaluated the effects of lysine deficiency and genetic selection on muscle protein metabolism. Chicks originating from an experimental line selected for breast development (QL) and its control line (CL) were provided ad libitum access to isoenergetic diets...
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