Research article summary (published 29 Sep 2009):

Melamine residues in tissues of broilers fed diets containing graded levels of melamine.

Full Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine melamine residual levels in the tissues of broiler chickens fed diets containing graded levels of melamine. Ten experimental diets were developed to contain 0, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 mg of melamine/kg of diet. Each diet was offered in 4 replicate cages (12 birds per cage) from d 1 to 42, followed by a 7-d feeding of a withdrawal diet that contained no melamine. On d 28, 42, and 49, one bird per replicate was killed and tissue samples from the breast meat, liver, and kidney were collected for the determination of residual melamine levels. Throughout the 42-d feeding period, feeding diets containing graded levels of melamine had no effect (P>0.05) on the weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, and mortality of broiler chickens. Residue levels of melamine in broiler tissues at d 28 and 42 were below the detection limit when the diets contained

Author information

Author/s: Lü, M B (MB); Yan, L (L); Guo, J Y (JY); Li, Y (Y); Li, G P (GP); Ravindran, V (V);

Affiliation: China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, PR China. mingbinlv(-atsign-)gmail.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Poultry science (Poult Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 88 (issue 10) : pp 2167-70

Dates: Created 2009/09/18; Completed 2009/10/27;

PMID: 19762871, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/27/2009, IMS Date: )

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Animals Body Weight Chickens - metabolism Kidney - chemistry Liver - chemistry

Male Meat - analysis Muscle, Skeletal - chemistry Random Allocation Triazines - analysis; metabolism

Associated Chemicals: Triazines (0) ; melamine (108-78-1)

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