Dietary threonine levels: effect on growth performance and gut organ measurements of indigenous Boschveld chickens
Tebogo Mack Sekgotodi, Jones Wilfred Ng’ambi, Monnye Mabelebele, Tlou Grace Manyelo · 2025
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Description
Sekgotodi, Ng'ambi, Mabelebele, and Manyelo feed in twenty twenty-five varied levels of one amino acid to native Boschveld chickens to find the best dose. This hardy local breed matters for low-cost farming in South Africa. The team raised two hundred day-old chicks on five diets with rising levels of the amino acid, a building block for protein.
Dose shaped feed intake, weight gain, feed efficiency, and many gut measures, including gut part lengths and weights. Some traits, like several gut acid levels, did not respond to dose. Each trait peaked at a different dose, so no single level was best for all. One gut part's weight peaked at a mid dose. The authors say more work is needed to fix a firm feeding guide.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tebogo Mack Sekgotodi, Jones Wilfred Ng’ambi, Monnye Mabelebele, Tlou Grace Manyelo |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |