# Supporting optimal duck performance - Food & Agribusiness

> Nutritional trials at Huazhong Agricultural University compared hydroxy-methionine (OH-Met) with DL-methionine in Cherry Valley ducks. Body weight gain was similar for both sources and rose with dose, and OH-Met also raised antioxidant capacity. The article notes large duck populations in China and Southeast Asia.

- Date: 2019-01-30 · published 2019-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61415-supporting-optimal-duck-performance-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Equal performance from OH-Met and DL-Met suggests feed formulators can substitute between sources, which may modestly affect methionine demand mix but not overall prices.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/poultry/supporting-optimal-duck-performance

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