[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF METHIONINE, BETAINE AND CHOLINE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKEN IN EARLY LIFE FED METHIONINE DEFICIENT RATION",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Rafeeq",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Pasha",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Rashid",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Hilal",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Shahzad",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2011]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "21",
  "issue": "4",
  "page": "778-780",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>The experiment was designed and conducted to evaluate the effect of methionine, betaine and choline in the broiler chicks given low methionine starter ration. Day old broiler chicks (n=250), were randomly divided into five treatment groups (n=5) with five replicates of ten chicks. A low methionine (LM) starter ration was formulated and the treatment groups were (A) LM supplemented with methionine @ 0.14%, (B) LM, (C) LM supplemented with choline @ 0.17%, (D) LM supplemented with betaine @ 0.14% and (E) LM with Betaine @ 0.07% in the starter ration. Choline was added @ 700 mg/kg to treatment groups (A and B). Data of weight gain (WG) and feed intake (FI) were collected from 0-28 days and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was calculated. Statistical analysis of data revealed significant differences among the treatment groups in FI, WG and FCR (P&lt;0.05). Supplementation of Choline and betaine to treatment groups C, D and E respectively did not show results as per treatment group (A) supplemented with methionine. However, betaine supplementation showed better WG and FCR as compared to treatment B and C (P&lt;0.05); but the inclusion rate of betaine had no significant effect on the performance of broiler chicken (P&gt;0.05).</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2011-JAPS-417"
}]