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Effects of dietary corn germ meal levels on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, meat quality, and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in Pekin ducks

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POULTRY SCIENCE
Volume 101, Issue 5, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101779

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corn germ meal; duck; serum biochemical parameters; meat quality; standard ileal amino acid digestibility

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  1. Modern Agri-industry Technology Research System of China [CARS-42-10]
  2. 111 project of Foreign Experts Affairs of China
  3. Sichuan Agricultural University 211 Foundation

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary corn germ meal (CGM) levels on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and digestibility of amino acids in Pekin ducks. The results showed that the CGM levels had significant effects on feed to gain ratio and crude protein content in breast meat, suggesting that the optimal CGM level should be below 9%.
The study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary corn germ meal (CGM) levels on growth performance, carcass characteristic, serum biochemical indexes, meat physical and chemical quality, and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids (SIDAA) in Pekin ducks from 10 to 42 d of age. A total of 420 ten-day-old Cherry Valley ducks were randomly allotted to 5 treatments with 6 replicate cages per treatment and 14 ducks per cages based on mean body weight. Five isonitrogenous and isocaloric experimental diets were formulated on a digestible amino acid basis to produce diets containing 0, 3, 6, 9, or 12% CGM. Results showed: 1) Compared with other groups, ducks fed 12% CGM significantly increased (P < 0.05) the feed to gain ratio. 2) Dietary CGM levels had no effect (P > 0.05) on the carcass traits and breast meat physical quality; but the content of crude protein presented a linear decrease (P < 0.05) in breast meat with increasing dietary CGM levels. 3) Serum biochemical indices (e.g., alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, glucose, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglyceride, total protein, and urea) showed no significant differences among all groups (P > 0.05). 4) The levels of CGM had no significant effect on SIDAA of diets (P > 0.05), except for cysteine which showed a quadratic increase (P < 0.05). These results suggested that the optimal levels of CGM in diets for meat duck aged from 10 to 42 d should be below 9% based on feed to gain ratio and the content of crude protein in breast meat.

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