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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2018

Evaluation of the Use of Phosphatidic Acid in the Diet on Growth Performance and Breast Meat Yield in Broilers.

Eric B Sobotik, Jason T Lee, Scott Hagerman, Gregory S Archer

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric B SobotikDepartment of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University-College Station, TX 77843, USA. esobotik12@gmail.com.
Jason T LeeDepartment of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University-College Station, TX 77843, USA. jtlee@tamu.edu.
Scott HagermanChemi Nutra, LLC-Austin, TX 78758, USA. shagerman@cheminutra.com.
Gregory S ArcherDepartment of Poultry Science, Texas A&M University-College Station, TX 77843, USA. garcher@tamu.edu.com.
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of feed additives to improve feed conversion while increasing growth is the goal of any broiler nutrition program. Therefore, it is important to evaluate potential feed additives not only for increased performance, but also for any negative attributes. A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding phosphatidic acid (PA) to broiler chickens. Two experiments were conducted using exercise in conjunction with PA (Experiment 1(E1)) and administering PA at different inclusion rates in the diet (Experiment 2 (E2)); LowPA (5 mg/bird/day), MidPA (10 mg/bird/day), HighPA (15 mg/bird/day), and control (CON). All birds were weighed bi-weekly during the experiments to obtain average pen weights and feed conversion ratios (FCRs). At the end of the experiments, eight birds per pen were processed to evaluate carcass traits and breast yield. In E1, exercise did not affect growth, feed conversion or processing traits (

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broilergrowthphosphatidic acidyield

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PMID29874850
PMCPMC6025125
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