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Dietary Lysine and Ascites Incidence

USDA, Agricultural Research Service, South Central Poultry Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS 39762; Phone: (601) 323-2230, Ext. 204; FAX: (601) 323-3535

Correspondence: B. D. Lott

Two trials were conducted with male broilers to determine the effect of dietary lysine on deaths due to ascites. Starter diets contained 1.13, 1.20, 1.28, and 1.35% dietary lysine; grower diets contained 1.02, 1.09, 1.16, and 1.23% lysine. Neither deaths due to ascites nor total deaths were affected by treatment in Trial 1. A significant effect of treatment on deaths due to ascites was observed in Trial 2, but deaths for the highest lysine level were not different from the lowest lysine level. Heart weight and ventricle weights were not affected by treatment. These results suggest that ascites is not attributable to dietary lysine levels in commercial diets.

Key Words: Arginine • heart weight • temperature • ventricle weight