caa a22 4500 388062010 CHVBK 20180307125123.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0007114598001457 doi S0007114598001457 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0007114598001457 Effects of L-carnitine supplementation of diets differing in energy levels on performance, abdominal fat content, and yield and composition of edible meat of broilers [Elektronische Daten] Responses to supplemental dietary l-carnitine of broilers fed on diets with different levels of metabolizable energy (ME) were investigated using growth performance and some carcass measurements. Three isonitrogenous diets containing 13.5, 12.8 or 12.2 MJ ME/kg were formulated, with or without supplemental l-carnitine (50mg/kg) and fed ad libitum from 18 to 53 d of age. Supplemental l-carnitine increased body-weight gain (BWG) and improved feed conversion (FC) during the first 2 weeks of study. FC was also improved during the fourth week of the experiment. Weights of breast yield and thigh meat yield were significantly increased, whereas quantity and percentage of abdominal fat were reduced by supplemental l-carnitine. A significant interaction between supplemental dietary l-carnitine and dietary energy level was noted for BWG and FC during the second week of study. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998 L-Carnitine nationallicence Metabolizable energy nationallicence Growth nationallicence Carcass quality nationallicence Rabie Mahmoud H. Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute for Animal Breeding & Nutrition, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary Szilágyi Mihály Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute for Animal Breeding & Nutrition, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 80/4(1998-10), 391-400 0007-1145 80:4<391 1998 80 BJN https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114598001457 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114598001457 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rabie Mahmoud H. Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute for Animal Breeding & Nutrition, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szilágyi Mihály Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute for Animal Breeding & Nutrition, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- British Journal of Nutrition Cambridge University Press 80/4(1998-10), 391-400 0007-1145 80:4<391 1998 80 BJN CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge