Effect of creatine addition in feeds containing animal meals on the performance and carcass yield of broilers

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola

Cmc Carvalho²  Ea Fernandes¹  Ap De Carvalho¹  Mp Maciel¹  Rm Caires¹  Ns Fagundes¹ 

[1],UFU FAMEV Uberlândia MG

关键词: Broilers;    performance;    blood meal;    carcass yield;    meat and bone meal;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-635X2013000300015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance and carcass characteristics of broilers fed exclusively vegetable diets and diets containing animal meal with the addition of creatine or not after day 8. In the experiment, 1080 one-day-old male chicks were distributed according to a completely randomized experimental design into six treatments with six replicates each. A control diet based on corn and soybean meal was formulated, to which animal meals and creatine were included or not. Diets were formulated to contain equal mineral (calcium, phosphorus and sodium) and amino acid (available methionine + cystine, lysine and threonine) levels. The following treatments were applied: A. control (diet based on corn and soybean meal); B. control + creatine (600g/ton); C. inclusion of 5% meat and bone meal (MBM), D. inclusion of 5% MBM + creatine (600g/ton), E. inclusion of 5% blood meal (BM), F. inclusion 5% BM + creatine (600g/ton). Weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion, carcass yield and viability were evaluated. At 42 days of age, BM dietary inclusion impaired weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The inclusion of MBM affected only feed conversion ratio. The addition of creatine ito the diet with BM improved weight gain when compared with the BM diet with no creatine. The addition of creatine to the diet containing 5% BM improved weight gain when compared with the same diet without the use of the additive.

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