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Dietary threonine and lysophospholipid supplement in broiler chickens: effect on productive performance, carcass variables, cecal microbiota activity, and jejunal morphology

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The objective of this experiment was to investigate the efficacy of lysophospholipid (LPL) in combination with different levels of threonine (Thr) on productive performance, jejunal morphometric variables, cecal microbial population, and carcass characteristics of male broiler chickens. Four hundred 1-day-old male broiler chicks were distributed into eight experimental groups with five replicates, each of ten birds. Factors were two levels of 0 or 0.1% Lipidol as LPL supplement and four inclusion amount of Thr (100, 105, 110, or 115% of requirements) in the diets. During 1 to 35 days, inclusion of LPL supplementation in diets improved the body weight gain (BWG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of broilers (P < 0.05). Besides, FCR was significantly greater in the birds fed with 100% Thr compared to the other inclusion rates of Thr (P < 0.05). The jejuna villus length (VL) and crypt depth (CD) were greater in the birds fed with LPL-supplemented diets (P < 0.05) while the greatest VH/CD and villus surface was observed in the birds fed with 105% of dietary Thr (P < 0.05). In cecal microbiota composition, Lactobacillus population was lower in broilers which received diet containing 100% Thr compared to the other group receiving more than 100% Thr (P < 0.05). In conclusion, inclusion of LPL supplements and amounts greater than Thr requirement in diet improved productive performance and jejunal morphology of male broiler chickens.

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    Mehdi Bassareh, Vahid Rezaeipour, Rohullah Abdullahpour & Sakineh Asadzadeh

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All authors contributed to the research conception and design. Data collection was performed by M. Bassareh. Manuscript preparation was performed by V. Rezaeipour, and data analysis was done by R. Abdullahpour and S. Asadzadeh. All authors edited, read, and approved the final manuscript.

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Bassareh, M., Rezaeipour, V., Abdullahpour, R. et al. Dietary threonine and lysophospholipid supplement in broiler chickens: effect on productive performance, carcass variables, cecal microbiota activity, and jejunal morphology. Trop Anim Health Prod 55, 150 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-023-03566-8

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