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Effects of Dietary Arginine Level on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical, Antioxidant and Immune Indexes of Linwu Ducks during 8 to 35 Days of Age

  • SUN Yue ,
  • DAI Qiuzhong ,
  • JIANG Guitao ,
  • HUANG Xuan ,
  • LI Chuang ,
  • DENG Ping ,
  • HU Yan ,
  • ZHANG Xu
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  • 1. Animal Nutrition and Feeding Technology Research Lab, Hunan Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Changsha 410131, China;
    2. Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Safety Animal Production, Changsha 410128, China

Received date: 2022-03-10

  Online published: 2022-10-17

Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of dietary arginine level on growth performance, serum biochemical, antioxidant and immune indexes of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age. A total of 560 seven-day-old female Linwu ducks were selected and randomly divided into 5 groups with 7 replicates per group and 16 ducks per replicate. The dietary arginine levels in each group were 0.9%, 1.0%, 1.1%, 1.2% and 1.3%, respectively, and the other nutrient levels remained the same. The experiment lasted for 28 days. The results showed as follows:1) dietary arginine level had no significant effects on the final body weight, average daily gain and average daily feed intake of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age (P>0.05). The feed to gain ratio of 1.1% and 1.2% arginine level groups was significantly lower than that of 0.9% arginine level group (P<0.05). 2) Dietary arginine level had no significant effects on the glucose, uric acid, urea nitrogen, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol contents and aspartate transaminase activity in serum of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age (P>0.05). The serum alkaline phosphatase activity of 1.2% and 1.3% arginine level groups was significantly higher than that of 0.9%, 1.0% and 1.1% arginine level groups (P<0.05), and the serum alanine aminotransferase activity of 1.0%, 1.1%, 1.2% and 1.3% arginine level groups was significantly higher than that of 0.9% arginine level group (P<0.05). 3) Dietary arginine level had no significant effects on the malondialdehyde content, total antioxidant capacity and glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities in serum of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age (P>0.05). 4) Dietary arginine level had no significant effects on the total protein, albumin, globulin, immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M contents and albumin/globulin in serum of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age (P>0.05). The serum nitric oxide content of 1.1%, 1.2% and 1.3% arginine level groups was significantly higher than that of 0.9% arginine level group (P<0.05). In conclusion, dietary appropriate arginine level reduces the feed to gain ratio of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age, and improves the serum NO content, and the immune function of the body is improved. The dietary appropriate arginine level of Linwu ducks during 8 to 35 days of age is 1.15% to 1.20% by quadratic curve regression model.

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SUN Yue , DAI Qiuzhong , JIANG Guitao , HUANG Xuan , LI Chuang , DENG Ping , HU Yan , ZHANG Xu . Effects of Dietary Arginine Level on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical, Antioxidant and Immune Indexes of Linwu Ducks during 8 to 35 Days of Age[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(9) : 5767 -5776 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.09.032

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