Lack of response to supplemental tin, vanadium, chromium and nickel when added to a purified crystalline amino acid diet for chicks.
An experiment was conducted to ascertain if supplementing a completely purified diet with tin, vanadium chromium and nickel would enhance chick performance between hatching and 27-days posthatching. No effects on rate and efficiency of gain or on feather development were noted. A level of 350 p.p.m. magnesium, all in inorganic form, was found adequate for chick growth during this period.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002857:Chromium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D005241:Feathers / Q000254:growth & development; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism*; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D014001:Tin / Q000378:metabolism*; D014639:Vanadium / Q000378:metabolism*
D000596:Amino Acids; D014639:Vanadium; D002857:Chromium; D014001:Tin; D009532:Nickel; D008274:Magnesium