Appropriate Period of Guanidinoacetic Acid for Broiler Chickens and Effects of Dietary Methionine Fortification

ZHAO Jingpeng; SUN Mingfa; LI Peiyong; ZHANG Junling; YANG Libin; LIN Hai

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.02.025

Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition >

2020 , Vol. 32 >Issue 2: 691 - 705

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.02.025

POULTRY NUTRITION AND FEED

Appropriate Period of Guanidinoacetic Acid for Broiler Chickens and Effects of Dietary Methionine Fortification

ZHAO Jingpeng ,
SUN Mingfa ,
LI Peiyong ,
ZHANG Junling ,
YANG Libin ,
LIN Hai

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1. Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China;
2. Beijing Gendone Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100085, China

Received date: 2019-07-31

Online published: 2020-02-21

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Abstract

A study was conducted to evaluate the appropriate period of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) for broiler chickens and the effects of dietary methionine (Met) fortification, in terms of growth performance and meat quality. A total of 1 920 one-day-old male Arbor Acres broiler chickens were randomly allotted into 16 groups with 6 replicates per group and 20 birds per replicate. The experiment was divided into starter period (1 to 21 days of age) and later period (22 to 42 days of age). Chickens in group 1 served as the control group, and fed a normal diet (Met level in starter period was 0.50%, and in later period was 0.40%). Groups 2 to 6 were treated with Met or GAA only during the starter period, among them, dietary Met level increased to 0.65% in group 2, a completely randomized design with a 2×2 factorial arrangement was applied to groups 3 to 6, dietary Met levels were 0.50% and 0.65%, and GAA supplementation was 300 and 600 mg/kg. Groups 7 to 11 were treated with Met or GAA only during the later period; among them, dietary Met level increased to 0.55% in group 7, a completely randomized design with a 2×2 factorial arrangement was applied to groups 8 to 11, dietary Met levels were 0.40% and 0.55%, and GAA supplementation was 400 and 800 mg/kg. Groups 12 to 16 were treated with Met or GAA during the whole period (1 to 42 days of age); starter period and later period diets were identical to groups 2 to 6 and groups 7 to 11, respectively. The experiment lasted for 42 days. The results showed as follows:1) compared to the control group, feeding a high dose of GAA plus Met fortification only during the starter period could significantly increase the average daily gain during 1 to 21 days of age and body weight at 21 days of age (P<0.05), and significantly decreased the ratio of feed to gain during 1 to 21 days of age (P<0.05); feeding a high dose of GAA only during the later period could significantly increase the average daily gain during 22 to 42 days of age (P<0.05), and significantly decreased the ratio of feed to gain during 22 to 42 days of age (P<0.05), and the combination with Met fortification also significantly increased the average daily gain during 1 to 42 days of age and body weight and breast muscle index at 42 days of age (P<0.05), and significantly decreased the ratio of feed to gain during 22 to 42 days of age and 1 to 42 days of age and abdominal fat index at 42 days of age (P<0.05); feeding a high dose of GAA during the whole period could significantly increase the average daily gain during 22 to 42 days of age and 1 to 42 days of age and body weight and breast muscle index at 42 days of age (P<0.05), significantly decreased the ratio of feed to gain during 22 to 42 days of age and 1 to 42 days of age and abdominal fat index at 42 days of age (P<0.05), and the combination with Met fortification also significantly increased the average daily gain during 1 to 21 days of age and body weight at 21 days of age (P<0.05), and significantly decreased the ratio of feed to gain during 1 to 21 days of age, 22 to 42 days of age and 1 to 42 days of age (P<0.05). 2) Compared to the control group, feeding Met fortification alone or in combination with a low dose of GAA during the whole period could significantly decreased the brightness (L^*) value and shear force in breast and thigh muscles at 42 days of age (P<0.05), significantly increased the redness (a^*) value and 24 h pH (pHu) (P<0.05); feeding GAA alone had no influence on meat quality(P>0.05). In conclusion, the final body weight and carcass quality can achieve desirable results when broiler chickens are fed a high dose GAA diet throughout the whole period, without need of Met fortification. It is recommended to provide a high dose of GAA plus additional Met in the later period for short-term feeding.

Key words： guanidinoacetic acid; methionine; feeding period; growth performance; meat quality; broiler chickens

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ZHAO Jingpeng , SUN Mingfa , LI Peiyong , ZHANG Junling , YANG Libin , LIN Hai . Appropriate Period of Guanidinoacetic Acid for Broiler Chickens and Effects of Dietary Methionine Fortification[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2020 , 32(2) : 691 -705 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.02.025

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