Agriculture Reference
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Table 6.3.
Continued
Animal species/
category (animals
per treatment)
Duration (days) or
living span (kg)
Portion in diet (%
or kg)
GM plant/trait
Parameters
Main results
References
Insect resistant (Bt, rootworm,
European corn borer) and
herbicide tolerant
(glyphosate, RR) (2 trials);
grain
Broilers (120)
42 days
55/60% (starter/
grower-fi nisher)
Feed intake, growth,
carcass composition and
quality
No signifi cant differences
between all treatments
Taylor
et al
., 2005a,b
Insect resistant (Bt, European
corn worm) and herbicide
tolerant (glyphosate, RR);
grain (2 trials)
Broilers (120/100)
42 days
55/59% for starter/
grower
Feed intake, growth,
carcass composition and
quality
No signifi cant differences
between all treatments
Taylor
et al
., 2007a
Insect resistant (European
corn borer) and glyphosate
tolerant (RR)
Broilers (100)
42 days
57/59% for starter/
grower
Feed intake, growth,
carcass composition,
meat quality
No signifi cant differences
between all treatments
Taylor
et al
., 2007b
Insect-resistant (Bt) and
glufosinate-tolerant (pat)
maize; grain
Broilers (120)
42 days
53/58/70% (starter/
grower/fi nisher)
Feed intake, growth,
carcass yield
All the values within the
tolerance intervals; GM
maize nutritionally
equivalent to non-GM
control maize
McNaughton
et al
.,
2007
Insect-resistant (Bt) and
herbicide-tolerant
(glyphosate and acetolactate
synth.) maize; grain
Broilers (120)
42 days
58.5/64/71.5%
(starter/grower/
fi nisher)
Feed intake, growth,
carcass yield
No signifi cant differences
between all treatments
McNaughton
et al
.,
2008
Insect-resistant (Bt) and
herbicide-tolerant (pat)
maize; grain
Broilers 120)
42 days
63/67.5/74%
(starter/grower/
fi nisher)
Feed intake, growth,
carcass yield
No signifi cant differences
between all treatments
McNaughton
et al
.,
2011c
Soybeans
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Dairy cattle (12)
28 days
10.2%
Milk yield, composition
Higher FCM yield of GM
Hammond
et al
., 1996
