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. 2021 Apr 20;100(7):101203. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101203

Table 2.

Performance of chicks fed graded doses of guanidino acetic acid (GAA) when added to an arginine-deficient dextrose-casein diet (Dilger et al., 2013, Assay 1).

Diet Treatment BWG (g) Feed Intake (g) Gain/Feed g/kg
1 Basal Diet 0.86% Arg 111e 195g 569d
2 As 1 + 1.0% L Arg 212a 275a 773a
3 As 1 + 0.06% GAA 108e 195g 553d
4 As 1 + 0.12% GAA 145d 233de 622c
5 As 1 + 0.39% GAA 139d 220de 631c
6 As 1 + 0.78% GAA 134d 209fg 641c
7 As 2 + 0.39% GAA 209ab 265abc 789a
8 As 2 + 0.78% GAA 197b 249cd 792a
9 As 1 + 1% Creatine.H2O 173c 254bc 680b
10 As 2 + 1% Creatine.H2O 212a 268ab 794a
SEM 5.0 6.2 12.5

a-gMeans in columns with no common superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.050).