Protein and energy relations in the broiler chicken

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1475-2662|61|2|223-233

ISSN: 0007-1145

Source: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol.61, Iss.2, 1989-03, pp. : 223-233

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Abstract

1. Broiler chickens growing from 7 to 28 d of age were given: (1) a 210 g protein/kg control diet for the entire experimental period, (2) an intermittent feeding regimen (210 g protein/kg diet for either 1 or 2 d followed by a 1 d fast), or (3) a daily change in the dietary protein level from 120 to 300 g/kg diet. Treatment variables examined were lipogenesis and glucose production in vitro, and circulating concentrations of insulin, triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) to determine the effects of chronic or acute dietary treatments.