The interaction of food additives and protein content in broiler diets.
No evidence was found for an interaction between dietary crude protein content and the presence or absence of two proprietary food additives used as sources of avoparcin and zinc bacitracin. The food additives had a similar effect in increasing rate of growth resulting in significant improvements of about 2% in the food conversion ratios.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001414:Bacitracin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D006020:Glycopeptides; D001414:Bacitracin; C016249:avoparcin