Protein turnover in the breast muscle of broiler chicks and studies addressing chlorine dioxide sanitation of hatching eggs, poultry leg problems and wheat middling diets for laying hens

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7168137

Patterson, P H

Developmental changes occurred in breast muscle Ks measured by {sup 14}C-tyrosine incorporation at 10, 16, 22 and 34 days of age. Protein synthesis rates decreased as the birds matures: 30 to 11.2%/d between 10 and 34 days of age. In a second study birds fed diets low in lysine or protein-energy had reduced fractional rates of protein synthesis and free tyrosine, branched chain and large neutral amino acid concentrations as compared to control birds the same body weight. Artificial weight loading and reduced dietary protein levels were used to study the effects of body weight on the severity of leg deformities in chicks and poults. Experiments investigating the practicality of wheat middlings as an alternate feedstuff for laying hens suggested that high levels in the diet will reduce egg production, feed conversion, hen livability and egg yolk color. Lastly, chlorine dioxide foam and dipping solutions were compared with formaldehyde fumigation for sanitizing hatching eggs.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7168137
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CHLORINE OXIDES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
PROTEINS
METABOLISM
AGE DEPENDENCE
ANIMAL FEEDS
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CHICKENS
DIET
EGGS
MUSCLES
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TYROSINE
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
BIRDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
FOOD
FOWL
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY ACIDS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
VERTEBRATES
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