1. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of white lupin (Lupinus albus) meal (WLM) addition on the intestinal viscosity, bird performance and nutrient utilisation of laying hens.
2. The experiment was conducted with 360 laying hens aged 21 weeks fed one of 6 treatments, including a corn-soybean meal control diet (CON) and 5 experimental diets containing 60, 120, 180, 240 and 300 g/kg WLM.
3. A linear increase in feed intake (p < 0.001) was observed with higher levels of WLM from 0 to 300 g/kg. Laying rate decreased quadratically (p < 0.05) and egg weight (at 6th, 12th and 18th weeks of the trial) decreased linearly with WLM inclusion from 0 to 300 g/kg. Birds fed 60 g/kg or more of WLM laid lighter eggs (p < 0.05) than CON hens. When 240 g/kg or more WLM was included into the diet, laying rate was affected negatively (p < 0.05).
4. As WLM increased from 0 to 300 g/kg, apparent metabolisable energy and pre-caecal digestibility of dry matter and crude protein decreased quadratically (p < 0.05). When 300 g/kg of WLM was used, there was a tendency (p < 0.1) to decrease pre-caecal starch digestibility. WLM dose exerted a quadratic effect (p < 0.05) on total sialic acid excretion. As WLM increased, the viscosity of ileal digesta linearly increased (p < 0.05).
5. In the 6th and 12th weeks of the experiment (p < 0.05), eggshell thickness decreased linearly when 240 g/kg of WLM was added. At the 6th, 12th and 18th weeks, a linear decrease in eggshell content was observed (p < 0.05) after WLM addition.
6. In conclusion, the graded inclusion of WLM into laying hens’ diets resulted in depressed performance, AMEN and eggshell quality. 相似文献
We hypothesized that balancing the content of exogenous amino acids, especially lysine, to reduce protein content in swine diets could reduce nitrogen (N) pollution associated with animal husbandry. Two experiments (45 d each experiment) were performed on weaned piglets (Duroc × Landrace × Yorkshire, 28 d of age) to test this and to determine the optimal lysine to crude protein (Lys:CP) ratio in diet. In Exp. 1, 12 piglets (6 replicates [n = 6]) were fed diets containing different levels of CP (17% and 20%) but the same level of Lys. Increased CP content resulted in significant increases (P < 0.05) of average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and body weight (BW), but did not affect the feed to gain ratio. In Exp. 2, 24 piglets (8 replicates [n = 8]) were fed 1 of 3 diets as follows: 1) 20% CP with a regular Lys:CP ratio (6.23%, control); 2) 17% CP with a reduced Lys:CP ratio (6.14%, LL); or 3) 17% CP with a standard Lys:CP ratio (7.32%, SL). The ADG, final BW, serum concentrations of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1, villus height in the jejunum, and villus height to crypt depth ratio were the lowest in piglets fed LL diet, whereas blood urea N concentration was the lowest and the value of lipase activity was the highest in the piglets fed SL diet. The SL diet did not affect growth performance, intestinal morphology, or serum hormone concentrations, indicating that reduced dietary N with a high Lys:CP ratio can efficiently reduce dietary N excretion without negatively affecting weaned piglets. 相似文献
Four, male, growing Thai swamp buffaloes (197 ± 5.3 kg and all 1 year old) were used to evaluate the effects of concentrate
added to pineapple waste silage in differing ratios, to form a complete diet, studying in vivo digestion, the rate of passage, microbial protein synthesis and blood metabolites. Animals were fed ad libitum with 4 diets, using four combinations of pineapple waste silage (P) and concentrate (C), in the proportions (on a dry matter
basis) of 0.8:0.2 (P80:C20), 0.6:0.4 (P60:C40), 0.4:0.6 (P40:C60) and 0.2:0.8 (P20:C80). The results showed that the intakes
of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), nitrogen (N), the N-balance, urinary purine derivatives (PD) excretion, the ratios
of allantoin to creatinine (CR), PD to CR, the plasma urea-N (PUN) and insulin increased in the animals, but the intake of
neutral detergent fiber (NDF), the coefficient of whole tract, apparent digestibility of NDF, the transit time (TT) and the
mean retention time (TMRT) decreased, when the proportion of concentrate in the diet increased. This study indicated that
the proportion of P40:C60 in the diet produced the best efficiency of urinary PD excretion (mmol) per digestible OM intake
(kg DOMI). 相似文献
To generate quantitative ideas about the digestive capacity of the large intestine of pigs in case of reduced precaecal digestion, the results of several studies using the model “pancreatic duct ligated minipig”, are summarised. Ligation of the pancreatic duct causes an exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) leading to a severe reduction of precaecal digestibility (prc. dig.) rates [Tabeling, R., Gregory, P. Kamphues, J., 1999. Studies on nutrient digestibilities (pre-caecal and total) in pancreatic duct ligated pigs and the effects of enzyme substitution. J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutr. 82, 251–263.]. All minipigs (control pigs; C and pancreatic duct ligated pigs; PL) were surgically fitted with an ileocaecal re-entrant fistula to determine rates and amounts of precaecal and total tract (total) digestion of crude fat (cfa), crude protein (cp) and starch (st).
The animals were fed diets rich in starch (StD: 60% st in dry matter [DM]) or rich in fat (FaD: 30% cfa in DM). In PL reduced prc. dig. rates, especially of cfa and cp (prc. cfa dig.: C: 88.2–97.6%; PL: 9.3–43.0%; prc. cp dig.: C: 79.1–82.3%; PL: 26.1–40.9%) were found. Digestion of starch was only moderately reduced in PL (prc. st dig.: C: 97.2–99.7%, PL: 61.9–92.5%). Up to 2.6 g of starch and 0.98 g of cp per kg body weight were digested postileally in PL, while postileal cfa digestion was negligible or negative (indicating microbial fat synthesis). Total tract digestibility of st did not differ between C and PL while dig. rate of cp was markedly reduced in PL. The studies permit an evaluation and quantification of the high compensative capacity of the hindgut especially in case of influx of large amounts of starch due to reduced prc. digestibility. 相似文献