Article
Comparative utilisation of sulphur-containing amino acids by genetically lean or fat chickens.
British poultry science - 1 May 1993
Leclercq B, Chagneau A M, Cochard T, Hamzaoui S, Larbier M
Abstract excerpt
1. Genetically lean (LL) or fat (FL) male chickens were fed from 28 to 47 days of age on 5 experimental diets differing by their methionine+cystine content (5.4, 5.8, 6.2, 6.6 and 7.0 g/kg, respectively). 2. Growth rate of LL chickens was reduced by the lower sulphur-containing amino acid (SAA) concentrations whereas that of FL was not modified. 3. LL chickens exhibited a larger feather protein gain than FL,...
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