The Effect of Different Levels of Crude Protein and Threonine on Performance and Immune system of Broiler Chickens during Starter and Grower Periods

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Article 2, Volume 4, Issue 3 - Serial Number 11, October 2012   

Document Type: Scientific - Research Articles

DOI: 10.22067/ijasr.v4i3.16222

Authors

Ahmad Hassanabadi¹; Mohammad Hossein Shahir²; H. Hajati

¹Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

²Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of crude protein and threonine on performance, carcass characteristics and immune system of broiler chickens during starter (7-24) and grower (25-42) periods. A total of 288 male broiler chicks of Ross 308 strain were used in a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement (2×4) with three replicates in each treatment. Experimental diets were included two levels of protein (Ross 308 guideline recommendation and 5% lower than the recommendation) and four levels of threonine (90, 100, 110, 120 of NRC recommendation). At starter period, threonine levels had a significant effect on feed conversion ratio (P

Keywords

Crude protein; Threonine; Performance; Carcass characteristics, Immune system