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Effect of Dietary Niacin Supplementation on Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, Hematology, and Lipoprotein Concentrations of Young Turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo
- Source :
- The Journal of Poultry Science, Vol 56, Iss 2, Pp 112-119 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Japan Poultry Science Association, 2019.
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Abstract
- The growth performance, nutrient digestibility, hematology, serum chemistry, and lipoprotein concentrations of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) poults fed diets supplemented with high or recommended concentrations of niacin were investigated in this study. A total of 120 four-week-old turkey poults were randomly divided into three treatment groups with five replicates of eight birds in each group. The poult diets were supplemented with 0.0, 60, and 180 mg/kg niacin in the three treatments, termed control, recommended niacin supplementation (RNS), and high niacin supplementation (HNS), respectively. The study lasted for four weeks. The results showed that the HNS treatment reduced the feed intake and increased the body weight gain of poults. The apparent, nitrogen-corrected, and true metabolizable energy contents were the highest in the HNS-group turkey poults (P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13467395 and 13490486
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- The Journal of Poultry Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0aedc3192c10419b8ee7f40c8b712fe2
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2141/jpsa.0170212