Comparison of endogenous amino acid losses in broilers when offered nitrogen-free diets with differing ratios of dextrose to corn starch

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 5689 - 11
• Main Authors: Zhou, Huajin, Wu, Wei, Mahmood, Tahir, Chen, Yanhong, Xu, Yanwei, Wang, Youli, Yuan, Jianmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.04.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/601; 692/4020/2741; Amino acids; Amino Acids - metabolism; Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Chickens; Chickens - metabolism; Corn; Dextrose; Diet; Diet - veterinary; Digestibility; Digestion; Digestive enzymes; Dry matter; Enzymes; Glucose - metabolism; Goblet cells; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ileum - metabolism; Insulin-like growth factor I; Intestinal microflora; Microbiota; Mucin; multidisciplinary; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; Physiology; Poultry; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Starch; Starch - metabolism; Uric acid; Zea mays - metabolism

The nitrogen-free diet (NFD) method is widely used to determine the ileal endogenous amino acids (IEAAs) losses in broiler chickens. Starch and dextrose are the main components of NFD, but the effects of their proportion in the NFD on the IEAAs and the digestive physiology of broilers are still uncl...