Amino acid supplementation of groundnut meal protein in broiler diets
1988
Carew, S.N. | Olomu, J.M. | Offiong, S.A. (Ahmadu Bello Univ., Shika, Zaria (Nigeria). National Animal Prod. Res. Inst. Dept. of Poultry and Swine Res.)
Shaver Starbro chickens were used in 2 experiments to determine the optimum combination of methionine and synthetic lysine used in a maize-based, fishmeal-free broiler ration in which groundnut meal supplied most of the protein. They were fed diets which contained groundnut meal and fishmeal or groundnut meal and synthetic methionine and lysine as the principal nitrogen sources. Diets which lacked fishmeal could be used successfully for broiler production if appropriately supplemented with methionine and lysine. It is recommended that fishmeal in maize-based diets in which groundnut meal is the principal protein source could be replaced by 0.2 % methionine and 0.1 % lysine in 23 % protein starter rations; 20 % protein finisher rations should be supplemented with 0.1 % methionine only
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