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  • Title: Methionine supplementation of low protein diets for broiler chicks in the tropics.
    Author: Babatunde GM, Fetuga BL, Kassim E.
    Journal: Br Poult Sci; 1976 Sep; 17(5):463-9. PubMed ID: 963567.
    Abstract:
    In the first experiment, diets containing 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 or 24% protein with no methionine supplementation were tested, while in the second experiment diets containing 16, 18 and 20% supplemented with methionine to give 90, 100 or 110% of the recommended N.R.C. levels were compared with an unsupplemented 24% protein diet. 2. Methionine supplementation of the low protein diets stimulated faster gains than the unsupplemented diets but not enough to surpass the response to the 24% protein control diet. 3. It was concluded that a high protein diet unsupplemented with methionine was more economical to feed to broilers than supplemented low protein diets.
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