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Animal species/
category (animals
per treatment)
Duration (days) or
living span (kg)
Portion in diet (%
or kg)
GM plant/trait
Parameters
Main results
References
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Pigs (12)
100 days
24/19/14%
(grower, early
and late fi nisher)
Feed intake, weight gain,
fate of tDNA
No signifi cant infl uence on
animal performances, no
tDNA or fragments of
transgenic proteins in
animal tissues
Jennings
et al
., 2003
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Laying hens (84)
84 days
23.5%
Feed intake, laying
performance
No signifi cant effects on
performance and egg
quality
Mejia
et al
., 2010
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Laying hens (24)
84 (3
28 days)
13.6-19.6%
Feed intake, laying
performance
No signifi cant effects on
performance and egg
quality
McNaughton
et al
.,
2011a
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Broilers (120)
42 days
33/27% (starter/
grower)
Feed intake, weight gain,
carcass parameters
No signifi cant infl uence on
animal performances and
slaughtering results
Hammond
et al
., 1996
Insect-protected (Bt soya)
soybean meal
Broilers (90)
41 days
34%
Feed intake, weight gain,
carcass parameters
No signifi cant infl uence on
animal performances and
slaughtering results
Kan and Hartnell,
2004b
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR) and
sulfonylurea/imidazolinona-
tolerant soybean meal
Broilers (120)
42 days
30/26/21.5%
(starter/grower/
fi nisher)
Feed intake, weight gain
No signifi cant infl uence on
animal performance and
slaughtering results
McNaughton
et al
.,
2007
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Broilers (100)
42 days
33/30% (starter/
grower)
Feed intake, weight gain,
carcass parameters
No signifi cant effects on
animal performance and
carcass parameters
Taylor
et al
., 2007c
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Broilers (120)
42 days
McNaughton
et al
.,
2011b
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Catfi sh (100)
70 days
45-47%
Feed intake, weight gain
No signifi cant infl uence on
animal yields
Hammond
et al
., 1996
Glyphosate-tolerant (RR)
soybean meal
Atlantic salmon
210 days
25%
Growth, body composition,
organ development,
haematological and
clinical parameters, fate
of tDNA
Some differences in intestinal
development, but no other
diet-related zootechnical
and morphological
differences, no tDNA in
Sissener
et al
.,
2009a,b; Sanden
et
al
., 2011
