Effects of taurine on growth performance, antioxidant capacity and lipid metabolism in broiler chickens

Abstract To investigate the effects of dietary taurine supplementation on growth performance, antioxidant status, and lipid metabolism in broilers, 384 male broilers (Arbor Acres, 1-day-old) were randomly allocated into 4 groups with 8 replicates of 8 birds. Dietary treatments supplemented with taurine at the level of 0.00, 2.50, 5.00, 7.50 g/kg of diet (denoted as CON, TAU1, TAU2, TAU3, respectively). The body weight gain (BWG) from 1 to 21 d and 22 to 42 d were all increased linearly (linear, P