One-day old male broilers were used in a six-week period feeding trail to investigate the effects of arginine (Arg), glutamime (Glu) and aspartic acid (Asp) supplementations on the growth performance, lipid metabolism and the transcriptional expression of some genes related to meat quality. Corn-soybean meal diet was used as the basal diet. The results showed:
1. The present study indicated that the weight gain was not affected when Glu or Asp was added separately (P>0.05). However, the combination of G...