Can feed additives be used to promote positive behaviour in laying hens? A review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Taiwo O. Makinde ◽  
Deborah I. Adewole
Keyword(s):  
Laying Hens ◽  
Feed Additives

scholarly journals Laying performance and eggshell quality in laying hens fed diets supplemented with prebiotics and organic acids

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 294-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Świątkiewicz ◽  
J. Koreleski ◽  
A. Arczewska
Keyword(s):  
Organic Acids ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Eggshell Quality ◽  
Laying Performance ◽  
Calcium And Phosphorus

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of organic acids and the prebiotic fructans on egg production and eggshell quality when added to the layer diet with different levels of calcium and phosphorus. The experiment was carried out on 168 Bovans Brown hens, allocated to 14 groups of 12 replications. Each hen (replication) was kept in an individual cage 40 cm × 40 cm in size. A 2 × 7 factorial arrangement, with two dietary levels of calcium and phosphorus (normal – 3.70% Ca, 0.65% P, and reduced – 3.25% Ca, 0.60% P) and with diets supplemented by selected additives (none, 0.75% inulin, 0.75% oligofructose, 0.50% volatile fatty acids (VFA), 0.25% medium chain fatty acid (MCFA), 0.30% VFA + 0.20% MCFA, 0.75% inulin + 0.50% VFA) was used. The experiment was carried out over 34 weeks, from the age of 26 to 70 weeks. There were no statistically confirmed effects of the factors studied in this experiment on egg performance, i.e. laying rate, egg mass, feed intake and feed conversion. Reducing the dietary levels of Ca and P significantly decreased eggshell percent, thickness, density and breaking strength. The additives used had a considerable effect on eggshell quality at 46, 58 and 70 weeks of age, and these positive effects were most pronounced in the case of inulin and MCFA. There was no significant interaction between Ca and P dietary levels and the additives used. It was thus concluded that selected feed additives which lower the pH of the diet and intestinal content can beneficially influence eggshell quality in older high-producing laying hens.  

DRONE HOMOGENATE AND LAYING HENS PRODUCTIVITY

10.12737/3829 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-134
Author(s):  
Муравьев ◽  
Dmitriy Muravev ◽  
Калачинская ◽  
Alla Kalachinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Supplement ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Feed Consumption ◽  
Poultry Industry ◽  
Blood Indices ◽  
Continue Research ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Unconventional Feed ◽  
Positive Effect

This article discusses one of the most pressing issues in the poultry industry, namely feeding using unconventional feed additives. The author describes the results of studies on the introduction into the diet of laying hens dietary supplement of waste beekeeping. The lyophilized drone homogenate previously not used in the feeding of laying hens, so the aim of our work was to study the influence of additives on the poultry body and its productive quality. After analyzing the productive qualities of the birds, the author pays attention to the positive trends in key indicators in the experimental groups. The additive also positive effected on the ratio of the quality classes of eggs. The feed consumption decreased and the thickness of the shell increased. The analysis of morphological and biochemical blood indices showed compliance. Based on this analysis, the author concludes the positive effect of the lyophilized drone homogenate on productive qualities of laying hens and on further opportunities to continue research on the use of LDH in poultry rations.

scholarly journals Effect of the Brown Coal-Based Feed Additive on Poultry Productivity Indicators

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Khorin ◽  
Alexandra Danilova ◽  
Natalia Labutina ◽  
Denis Yurin ◽  
Natalia Yurina
Keyword(s):  
Brown Coal ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Laying Hen ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Productivity Indicators ◽  
The Cost

This study examined the effect of feed additives based on brown coal on the productivity indicators of laying hens. The Relict A® organo-mineral feed additive for livestock and poultry is a multi-component, gummatized product with a wide range of biological activity, accelerating the growth and development of the animal. Relict A® is an environmentally friendly supplement that does not contain hormones or synthetic compounds. The control group was fed complete feed without additives. The second, third and fourth groups were fed feed containing 0.04%, 0.06% and 0.10% of the studied additives, respectively. The amount of feed for each group of laying hens was strictly normalized in accordance with their age, according to the recommendations for this cross. The use of the Relict A® feed additive in the laying hens’ rations led to an increase in the average number of eggs per laying hen, a decrease in the cost of feed for producing 1 dozen eggs, and a reduction in the time when the poultry reached the peak egg laying intensity. Feeding the additive to laying hens reduced the cost of producing 1 dozen eggs in the experimental groups, and also increased the profitability of chicken eggs in comparison with the control. The best dose was to use 0.06% of Relict A® by weight of the feed. A 26.6% increase in laying hen egg production was found. Keywords: feed additives, laying hens, egg productivity, brown coal

Influence of enzyme feed additive on the quality of eggs on the example of PJSC “Poultry plant Chelyabinskaya”

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
S. Ermolov ◽  
V. Kosilov ◽  
Yu. Barabanova
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Laying Hens ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
Poultry Meat ◽  
Feed Additive ◽  
Simultaneous Increase ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Experimental Group

Poultry farming is one of the major branches of animal husbandry, which develops through concentration, specialization and intensification on the basis of poultry plants and poultry farms. The increase in production of eggs and poultry meat is based on a significant increase in the productivity of poultry with a simultaneous increase in its population with a high payment of feed by production and the increase in labour productivity. The purpose of the work was to study the influence of enzyme feed additives in the diets of laying hens on the quality of eggs. The researches have been carried out in PJSC “Poultry plant Chelyabinskaya”, which produces high-quality chicken eggs obtained from the poultry cross “Loman LSL-classic”. The object of study was enzyme drugs produced by Sunzyme – a multi-enzyme drug that includes xylanase, cellulase and mannase activities. The dosage of enzyme drugs in the feed mixture of laying hens was: Sunfyze 5000 – 80 g/t, Sunzyme – 100 g/t. The results of researches show that in the groups that received enzyme drugs in their diet, egg production was higher than in the control group. So, for the entire period of researches the hens of the experimental groups were significantly superior to the control group in terms of egg production per average laying hen. The largest difference was in hens of the 1st experimental group (enzyme drug Sunfyze) – 10,8 eggs; the smallest in hens of the 3rd group (enzyme drugs Sunfyze and Sunzyme) – 5,7 eggs. In hens of the 2nd experimental group compared with hens of the control group egg production was higher by 7,9 eggs. The best indicators of production efficiency have been obtained in the 1st experimental group of laying hens, which were fed with the enzyme feed additive Sunfyze to reduce the nutritional value of the diet according to the matrix.

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