Correction: Ghoreyshi, S.M.; et al. Effects of Dietary Supplementation of L-Carnitine and Excess Lysine-Methionine on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Immunity Markers of Broiler Chicken. Animals 2019, 9, 362

Ghoreyshi, Seyed Mohammad; Omri, Besma; Chalghoumi, Raja; Bouyeh, Mehrdad; Seidavi, Alireza; Dadashbeiki, Mohammad; Lucarini, Massimo; Durazzo, Alessandra; van den Hoven, Rene; Santini, Antonello

doi:10.3390/ani9090608

The authors would like to make the following corrections to the published paper [1]:

1. A simple summary was added.

2. “p < 0.001” was changed to “p < 0.01” throughout the paper.

3. In the footnotes of Tables 3–7, the definition of “^a,b” was changed to “Means within the same row with common superscript letters are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05)”.

4. Some data of the three parameters of broiler chicken growth performance were corrected in Table 3 and, therefore, in the related sentences in the paper. The corrected version is as follows:

Table 3. Growth performance of Ross 308 broilers fed diets containing different levels of L-carnitine and lysine-methionine from day 1 to day 42 of age.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes.

References

Ghoreyshi, S.M.; Omri, B.; Chalghoumi, R.; Bouyeh, M.; Seidavi, A.; Dadashbeiki, M.; Lucarini, M.; Durazzo, A.; van den Hoven, R.; Santini, A. Effects of Dietary Supplementation of L-Carnitine and Excess Lysine-Methionine on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Immunity Markers of Broiler Chicken. Animals 2019, 9, 362. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Scilit] [PubMed]

Table 3. Growth performance of Ross 308 broilers fed diets containing different levels of L-carnitine and lysine-methionine from day 1 to day 42 of age.

Parameters	Period	Diets									SEM	p
Parameters	Period	C	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	SEM	p
Feed intake, g/pen/period	1–21 d	997.30	1012.60	1009.90	988.67	977.43	983.57	1005.43	1012.30	1006.53	8.37	NS
	22–35 d	2815.30	2898.46	2892.30	2819.50	2810.20	2800.90	2814.60	2859.19	2793.13	50.49	NS
	35–42 d	1851.90 ^a	1702.40 ^ab	1781.90 ^ab	1862.00 ^a	1748.9 ^ab	1564.40 ^b	1945.10 ^a	1872.80 ^a	1757.70 ^ab	83.30	*
	1–42 d	5664.50 ^ab	5613.46 ^ab	5684.10 ^ab	5670.17 ^ab	5536.53 ^ab	5348.87 ^b	5765.13 ^a	5744.29 ^a	5557.36 ^ab	100.06	*
Body weight gain, g/pen/period	1–21 d	697.60 ^ab	706.31 ^a	745.50 ^a	671.10 ^abc	621.60 ^bc	610.17 ^c	733.67 ^a	741.00 ^a	723.27 ^a	18.57	**
	22–35 d	1207.10 ^a	1241.29 ^a	1165.50 ^ab	1066.67 ^c	1029.83 ^c	1042.00 ^c	1115.17 ^bc	1100.41 ^bc	1089.90 ^bc	29.31	**
	35–42 d	935.60 ^b	898.60 ^b	917.60 ^b	889.03 ^b	949.27 ^b	950.53 ^b	1037.36 ^a	1010.89 ^a	976.53 ^b	69.53	*
	1–42 d	2840.30 ^a	2846.20 ^a	2828.60 ^a	2626.80 ^b	2600.70 ^b	2602.70 ^b	2886.20 ^a	2852.30 ^a	2789.70 ^a	86.91	*
Feed Conversion ratio	1–21 d	1.43 ^bc	1.43 ^bc	1.35 ^c	1.47 ^bc	1.57 ^ab	1.61 ^a	1.37 ^c	1.36 ^c	1.39 ^c	0.03	**
	22–35 d	2.33 ^c	2.33 ^c	2.48 ^bc	2.64 ^ab	2.73 ^a	2.69 ^a	2.52 ^ab	2.60 ^ab	2.56 ^ab	0.06	**
	35–42 d	1.98	1.89	1.94	2.09	1.84	1.64	1.88	1.85	1.80	0.09	NS
	1–42 d	1.99 ^ab	1.97 ^b	2.01 ^ab	2.16 ^a	2.13 ^a	2.05 ^a	2.00 ^ab	2.01 ^ab	1.99 ^ab	0.04	*

C (Control) = diet with lysine, methionine, and L-carnitine equal to NRC recommendations; D1 = control diet supplemented with lysine at 15% in excess of NRC, methionine at 15% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine equal to NRC; D2 = control diet supplemented with lysine at 30% in excess of NRC, at 30% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine equal to NRC; D3 = control diet supplemented with lysine equal to NRC, methionine equal to NRC, and L-carnitine at 15% in excess of NRC; D4 = control diet supplemented control diet supplemented with lysine at 15% in excess of NRC, methionine at 15% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine at 15%in excess of NRC; D5 = control diet supplemented lysine at 30% in excess of NRC, methionine at 30% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine at 15% in excess of NRC; D6 = control diet supplemented with lysine equal to NRC recommendations, methionine equal to NRC recommendations, and L-carnitine at 75% in excess of NRC ; D7 = control diet supplemented with lysine at 15% in excess of NRC, methionine at 15% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine at 75% in excess of NRC; D8 = control diet supplemented with lysine at 30% in excess of NRC, methionine at 30% in excess of NRC, and L-carnitine at 75% in excess of NRC; SEM = standard error of the mean; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, NS = p ≥ 0.05; a, b: Means within the same row with common superscript letters are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05).

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