As long as animal
by-products, which are rich in creatine, formed a certain part of the ration, no signs for a creatine defi ciency could
be detected. With the absence of animal proteins in pure
vegetable diets the risk for a creatine defi ciency increased.
The objective of the following experiment was to investigate
the eff ects of graded dietary levels of supplemental
GAA (supplemented as CreAMINO®) on growth, feed
intake, feed conversion and breast meat yield of male
and female broilers in comparison to a negative (pure
vegetable diet) and positive control (meat and bone meal
containing diet).