Effect of Diet on the Development of Beta-Aminopropionitrile-Induced Vascular Hemorrhage in Turkeys

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Abstract
Levels of 0.04 to 0.08% of beta-aminopropionitrile fumarate (BAPN) were administered to turkeys in a diet composed mainly of ground corn and soybean oil meal in order to produce eventual death due to aortal and heart hemorrhage. Under these conditions, certain formula modifications were tested for their capacity to alter hemorrhage incidence. Six fish meal samples at a 15% dietary level were found to hasten the appearance of BAPN-induced mortality. In the absence of BAPN, fish meal produced excellent growth. Feeding ingredients which did not appear to hasten the onset of hemorrhage due to BAPN included: all-beef tallow, all-hog grease, soybean oil, corn oil, or safflower oil, each at the 15% dietary level, wheat standard middlings, wheat bran, or ground oats at the 20% level, or alfalfa meal or dried whole whey at the 10% level.