Effect of anhydrous betaine and hydrochloride betaine on growth performance, meat quality, postmortem glycolysis, and antioxidant capacity of broilers.

ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of anhydrous betaine and hydrochloride betaine on growth performance, meat quality, relaxometry, postmortem glycolysis, and antioxidant capacity of partridge shank broiler chickens. A total of 400 one-day-old male broilers were randomly divided into 5 treatments and fed basal diets supplemented with 0 (control), 500 (L-AB) or 1,000 (H-AB) mg/kg anhydrous betaine, and 642.23 (L-HB) or 1,284.46 (H-HB) mg/kg hydrochloride betaine, respectively. Compared with the control group, anhydrous betaine supplementation significantly increased (P < 0.05) average daily gain and decreased (P < 0.05) drip loss_24h in breast and thigh muscles of broilers. The H-AB group further increased (P < 0.05) breast muscle yield, pH_24h, immobile

SUBMITTER: Chen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8844660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature