Role of serine in maintaining blood glucose levels o f broilers fed all-vegetable diets (R3)

Abstract

Supplementing an all-vegetable diet with milk-powder, casein or serine resulted in increased blood glucose. Birds fed serine were also heavier than those fed a conventional diet or an unsupplemented all-vegetable diet. Birds fed all-vegetable diets may be more prone to hypoglycemia. Key words: Broiler, blood glucose, spiking mortality syndrome