Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (11): 5612-5622.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.11.021

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Study on Arginine Requirement of 1-14 Day-old WOD 188 Broilers under Low Protein Diet

LI Weiyu1(), GUO Yuming2, FU Jianyang2, LIU Aiqiao3, LI Wenbin3, LI Dongli3, DONG Xiaoli4, LÜ Zengpeng2,*(), LI Jianhui1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
    2. College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
    3. Smart Food Co., Ltd., Pinggu Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Broiler Industry Technology System, Beijing 101203, China
    4. CJ Trading Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2024-11-01 Online:2025-11-23 Published:2025-11-27
  • Contact: Lü Zengpeng, LI Jianhui E-mail:2539488638@qq.com;lvzengpeng310@cau.edu.cn;504387687@qq.com

Abstract:

This study aimed to explore the arginine (Arg) requirement model of WOD 188 broilers aged 1-14 days under the condition of low-protein diets. A total of 600 1-day-old WOD 188 broilers were selected for the experiment, with half male and half female, and they were reared separately. Each gender was randomly divided into 5 treatments, including 1 control group with normal protein level diet and 4 low-protein diet (crude protein was reduced by 1.5 percentage points) groups with different Arg levels. The ratios of standard ileal digestible Arg (SID Arg) to SID Lys levels (SID Arg/SID Lys) were 92% (LP92), 104% (LP104), 113% (LP113), and 124% (LP124) respectively. Each treatment had 6 replicates, with 10 chickens per replicate. The results showed that: 1) A quadratic regression model for the Arg requirement of 1-14-day-old WOD 188 broilers was obtained by fitting the pattern of body weight gain (BWG) and the SID Arg/SID Lys level ratio in low-protein diets (Female broilers: BWG/g=-0.041X2+9.197X-140.429, R2=0.998; Male broilers: BWG/g=-0.067X2+14.87X-399.52, R2=0.910); A dynamic Arg requirement model was derived with metabolic body weight (BW0.70) and BWG as independent variables, and SID Arg intake (Y) as the dependent variable (Female broilers: Y=1.772BW0.70+2.699BWG; Male broilers: Y=23.243BW0.70+24.067BWG). The optimal production performance of female broilers was achieved when the SID Arg/SID Lys in the low-protein diet was 111%-112%; The optimal production performance of male broilers was achieved when the SID Arg/SID Lys in the diet was 108%-112%. 2) For female broilers, compared with the control group, supplementing Arg in the low-protein diet group significantly reduced the bursa of Fabricius index. The bursa of Fabricius indexes in the LP92, LP104, LP113, and LP124 groups were reduced by 39%, 28%, 33%, and 28% respectively (P < 0.05); For male broilers, compared with the conventional diet group, the spleen indexes in the LP92, LP104, LP113, and LP124 groups were reduced by 20%, 10%, 30%, and 20% respectively (P < 0.05). 3) Compared with the control group, the fecal nitrogen content in the low-protein diet groups were significantly reduced. The fecal nitrogen contents in the LP92, LP104, LP113 and LP124 groups of female broilers were reduced by 8.3%, 8.8%, 10.2% and 10.7% respectively (P < 0.01), while no significant difference was obtain in the index of nitrogen retention rate. The fecal nitrogen contents in the LP92, LP104, LP113, and LP124 groups of male broilers were reduced by 8.8%, 8.8%, 7.2%, and 12.3% respectively (P < 0.01), and the nitrogen retention rate in the low-protein diet group of LP92 was reduced by 4.9% (P < 0.05). 4) The contents of serum total protein (TP) and albumin (ALB) in the LP92 group were significantly lower than those in other groups (P < 0.01), and there was no significant difference between other low-protein diet groups and the control group. In conclusion, this study established the Arg requirement model of 1-14-day-old WOD 188 broilers under the condition of low-protein diets. Adding an appropriate amount of Arg to low-protein diets can improve the growth performance of WOD 188 broilers and reduce nitrogen emissions.

Key words: WOD 188 broilers, arginine requirement, low protein diet

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