Optimisation of branched-chain amino acid requirements for 15–21-day-old broiler chickens by using the Taguchi method
Mohammad Sedghi
A * , Abolghasem Golian A , Ali Afsar B and Reza Mirshekar C
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A Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
B Evonik Degussa Iran AG, 1436935353 Tehran, Iran.
C Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.
Animal Production Science 62(5) 430-439 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN21238
Submitted: 14 May 2021 Accepted: 4 January 2022 Published: 17 February 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Context: There are complex inter-relationships among the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), making the use of full factorial design experiments more complicated, costly and time-consuming when attempting to estimate the optimal levels of the BCAAs.
Aims: Two experiments were conducted to determine optimal concentrations of BCAAs by using the Taguchi method and mathematical models for broiler chickens during 15–21 days of age.
Methods: In the first experiment, the optimal concentrations of BCAAs were determined for broiler chickens, and the accuracy of the results was evaluated in the second experiment. The orthogonal array layout of L16 (43) was applied to test four concentrations of leucine (Leu), isoleucine (Ile) and valine (Val). To test the validity of the results from 16 diets selected by the Taguchi method and four additional diets from the full factorial design method, a total of 960 broiler chickens was assigned to these 20 experimental diets, with six replicates of eight birds each. The Taguchi method, the multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) and the random search algorithm (RSA) were used to determine the best concentration of BCAAs on the basis of optimal bird performance, which was measured by bodyweight gain, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio (FCR). In the second experiment, six dietary treatments were formulated to establish the reliability of the predictions obtained from the first experiment (Experiment 1).
Key results: No exceptional concentrations of BCAAs were achieved for a maximum average daily gain and a minimum FCR; however, the diet containing 1.177–1.353% standardised ileal digestible (SID) Leu, 0.742–0.810% SID Ile, and 0.832–0.915% SID Val showed the best performance. The results of the second experiment indicated that the Taguchi method could be used instead of a full factorial design to optimise the amino acid requirements of broiler chickens.
Conclusions: The requirements of BCAAs were overestimated using the MOGA and RSA methods compared with the Taguchi method.
Implications: In commercial diets containing high levels of SID Leu, supplementation of an extra 5% SID Ile and Val may improve broiler performance during 15–21 days of age.
Keywords: isoleucine, leucine, multi-objective genetic algorithm, random search algorithm, requirement, Ross 308, Taguchi, valine.
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