Effects of battery gage shape and dietary energy regulation on the performance of laying hens offered diets containing dried poultry manure

1. About 3000 medium‐weight hybrid chicks were used in a factorial experiment involving two “chick” treatments: diets containing 0 and 50 g dried poultry manure (DPM)/kg; three “grower” treatments, diets with and without 50 g DPM/kg given ad libitum and regulated amounts of the diet with DPM; five “layer” treatments: diets with 0, 100 or 200 g DPM/kg given ad libitum and regulated amounts of diets containing 110 and 220 g DPM/kg and two shapes of layer cages: deep (conventional) and shallow.

2. Chick diets had no significant effects on rearing or subsequent laying performance.

3. Food‐regulated pullets were 7% lighter than pullets given the DPM diet ad libitum at 18 weeks but consumed 12.5% less food; growing treatments had no significant effect on subsequent egg production.

4. Hens housed in shallow cages laid 10.3 eggs/bird‐housed more than those in deep cages, produced 3.8% greater egg mass, consumed 2.7% less food and produced fewer damaged (cracked, broken and hair‐cracked) eggs (P< 0.001).

5. DPM‐containing layer diets had no adverse effects on egg production, or mortality; with 100 g DPM/kg efficiency of food conversion (EFC) was better than with 0 or 200 g/kg (P< 0.001).

6. Reduction of the energy intake of L110R and L220R hens with diets containing 110 and 220 g DPM/kg by 8.2 and 9.0% respectively, reduced the number of eggs laid/hen‐housed by 6 and 10.7 but improved the EFG (P< 0.001); there was no significant interaction between cage shape and energy regulation.     

Replacement of groundnut cake by dried poultry manure in the diets of laying hens

1. The effect on food consumption by pullets when dried poultry manure (DPM) replaced part of dietary groundnut cake depended on the strain of the birds: in two of the three hybrids food consumption was not affected when up to 100 g DPM/kg was fed.

2. Increases in food consumption were accompanied by increases in egg production.

3. The food required per dozen eggs was improved by up to 100 g dietary DPM/kg and variation in the sizes of eggs laid depended on the hybrid.

4. Concentrations of DPM up to 100 g/kg did not affect the water‐soluble nitrogen content of the egg but the crude albumen nitrogen content was depressed at concentrations of 80 g/kg or above.

5. Feeding DPM to laying pullets depressed body weight.     

The effects on rearing and subsequent laying performance of rearer diets containing two levels of protein and dried poultry manure or urea

1. Six hundred and seventy‐two light‐hybrid pullets aged 6 weeks were allocated to eight experimental treatments and cage‐reared to 18 weeks of age when they were transferred to single‐bird battery cages and fed on a common layer diet.

2. In the 6‐ to 12‐week period four dietary treatments were applied: a diet containing about 160 g crude protein (CP)/kg with or without 50 g dried poultry manure (DPM)/kg (diets 2 and 1 respectively) and a diet containing about 140 g CP/kg with or without 50 g DPM/kg (diets 4 and 3). In the 12‐ to 18‐week period two additional diets were fed: diets 1 and 3 supplemented with 10 g urea/kg (diets 5 and 6 respectively). Diets containing DPM were formulated to utilise the CP, energy, calcium and 50% of the phosphorus content of DPM.

3. Pullets fed on diets 1, 2 and 5 (high‐protein) were significantly heavier at 18 weeks than those fed on diets 3, 4 and 6 (low‐protein). In the laying period total estimated egg weight, food intake and conversion were significantly greater, and the age at first egg was significantly less (2.4 d).

4. Dietary DPM had no significant effect on the 18‐week body weight but food consumption was significantly less and conversion was significantly improved. There were no significant effects on subsequent laying performance. Dietary urea caused no significant effects on rearing or laying performance.     

Renal function changes in laying hens fed on dried poultry manure.

1. Renal function was studied in laying hens which had been fed on diets containing 0 (controls), 10 or 20% dried poultry manure (DPM) for one year. 2. Birds fed on 20% DPM showed increased rates of effective renal plasma flow and increased renal tubular secretion of urate during the infusion of large amounts of urate. 3. Renal hypertrophy was not detected in any group.     

Growth of broilers fed on diets containing dried poultry manure

Sixty 7‐d‐old male broiler chicks were housed in individual metabolism cages and offered one of six purified diets for 14 d. The diets were formulated to have the same ME contents but had different nitrogenous supplements: diet A, was the basal diet, containing PRG essential amino acid (EAA) mixture equivalent to 15 g N/kg; B, basal+12% glutamic acid (GA); C, basal plus EAA mixture equivalent to EAA content of 20.09% DPM; D, basal + EAA+12% GA; E, basal + 20.09% autoclaved DPM; F, basal + 20.09% unautoclaved DPM. The rank order of final body weights at 21 d of chicks fed on these diets were D(292 g) > B(258 g), (F254 g), E(253 g) > C(206 g) > A(180 g), (P<0.05). Chicks fed on diet C had better food conversion efficiencies (FCE) than those fed on diet A (0.449 and 0.374 respectively) and D was better than B (0.592 and 0.533 respectively).

In a second experiment, carried out under field trial conditions using commercial‐type diets formulated to contain DPM, 24 groups, each of about 40 male or female broiler chicks, were given diets containing 0% (P) or 5% (Q) DPM from 1 d of age for 4 weeks. From 4 to 8 weeks one of three diets with 0% (R), 5% (S) or 10% (T) DPM was fed according to a 2 (sexes) x 2 x 3 factorial design. Between o and 4 weeks feeding DPM had no significant effect on body weight or food consumption, but birds fed diet Q had an improved FCE (P<0.05). Between 4 and 8 weeks birds fed on S and T were heavier than the controls at 6 weeks, but this increase was not significant at 8 weeks (P> 0.05). Food consumption was not affected, but the FCE improved with increasing inclusion of DPM. At 8 weeks of age birds fed on Q, were heavier than birds fed on diet P.     

The performance of laying hens fed on rearing and laying diets containing urea

In an experiment using 2880 light hybrid pullets the effect of urea on laying performance has been assessed. Birds received one of three low‐protein rearing diets from 7–20 weeks of age. The control rearing diet, containing 11.5% crude protein, was compared with two diets containing 13.2% crude protein, one in which the protein was from conventional sources and the other containing 11.5% conventional protein and urea equivalent to 1.7% crude protein. At 20 weeks birds were allocated to one of two laying diets formulated to meet essential amino acid requirements. Half the birds from each rearing treatment received a low‐protein diet (14.7%) and the remaining birds received a 16.4% protein diet which included urea equivalent to 1.7% crude protein. Laying performance was recorded for the next 30 weeks.

Body weights of birds fed on the urea‐containing rearing diet were similar to those of birds fed on the control diet (1.22 kg) and less than those on the 13.2% protein diet (1.29 kg). Urea in the laying diet caused a 2% increase in egg production and tended to cause an improved food conversion efficiency. In contrast, a 3.5% less efficient food conversion was found during laying in birds which had received urea during rearing, compared with birds which had received the low‐protein rearing diet. Birds receiving the 13.2% protein diet, containing no urea, during rearing laid smaller eggs than birds fed on the 11.2% protein rearing diet. A high mortality rate occurred during laying due to lymphoid leucosis but no differences between treatments were found.     

干番茄渣在蛋鸡饲料中的应用

本文旨在研究用干番茄渣（DTP）部分或全部替代大豆、玉米、小麦、麦麸饲料时，对蛋鸡生产性能、蛋品质的影响。将288只试验鸡（27—38周龄）随机分成4组，每组72只．分别为：DTP0（对照组）、DTP50、DTP100、DTP150（每吨饲料中分别含0、50、100、150kg DTP）。与对照组相比．DTP100组使其产蛋量、产蛋总重分别增加2．7％、4．1％．而鸡的体重、蛋重、日消耗饲料量、蛋壳重、蛋壳厚、哈夫单位、蛋黄颜色均与对照组相似。DTP150组使产蛋量、产蛋总重分别降低3．6％、3．0％，但饲料转化率增加2．9％。结果表明．DTP可以作为蛋鸡的饲料原料。     

Recycled dried poultry manure in chick starter diets

1. Dried poultry manure (DPM) collected from 1‐d to 3‐week‐old chicks, reared in electrical battery brooders, incorporated at a level of 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% in a chick starter diet, was recycled four times.

2. There was a linear decrease in body weight and efficiency of food utilisation with each percentage increase in DPM.

3. The amount of dried droppings recovered as a percentage of food consumed was proportional to the amount of DPM included in the diet and remained fairly constant during the recycling.

4. Body weights and efficiency of food utilisation were substantially the same during the first three recycling periods but declined significantly during the fourth period.

5. Mortality was negligible and all chicks appeared healthy and vigorous.

6. Chicks fed on 10% DPM in an isocaloric and isonitrogenous (protein‐N) diet grew and utilised food as well as those fed on the basal diet; chicks fed on 20% DPM did not consume enough to meet their requirements.     

The fate of recycled urate in hens fed on a diet containing dried poultry manure.

1. Seven colostomised hens were fed on a control diet free of dried poultry manure (DPM) or one including 20% DPM. 2. Urate excretion was greater during DPM feeding by approximately the amount consumed: little urate was present in faeces. 3. Doses of 10-6 muCi of 14C-urate introduced into the crop were quantitatively excreted in the urine within 24 h. 4. The results show that none of the urate present in DPM is utilised by the laying hen.     

The nutritive value of a sample of dried poultry manure for the laying hen

The composition of a commercially available sample of dried poultry manure (DPM) was determined and its nutritive value for the laying hen was examined using colostomised birds. The true digestibility coefficients of the true protein, crude fat, uric acid, total organic matter and carbohydrate were found to be 64.2, 69.5, 91.2, 25.5 and 23.1% respectively by regression analysis of absorbed vs. ingested nutrients. The true digestibilities of some of the constituent amino acids were found to range from 24.7% (for valine) to 76.4% (for serine). The absorption of calcium and phosphorus was characteristic of the individual bird and ranged from 1.2 to 45.3 % for calcium and from 7.5 to 46.2 % for phosphorus. The classical and nitrogen‐corrected metabolisable energy values were found to be 3.50 ± 0.16 and 3.35 ± 0.13 MJ/kg of dry matter respectively. It is concluded that DPM contains nutrients of value to the laying hen and that it could be incorporated into poultry diets in which energy content is of secondary importance and where use could be made of the calcium and phosphorus contents.     

The growth of broiler chickens fed low-protein diets containing triammonium citrate, diammonium hydrogen citrate and autoclaved dried poultry manure

Three experiments were carried out using male broiler chicks from 1 to 3 weeks of age. The birds were housed in individual metabolism cages at 1 week of age, having previously been in tiered brooders.

In experiment 1, 36 birds were offered one of six experimental diets based on glucose‐ and cellulose‐diluted commercial broiler mash. The six diets were supplemented with graded levels of triammonium citrate (TAC) at the expense of cellulose such that diet 1B contained no TAC and diet 1F contained 6.4% TAC. In experiment 2, 72 birds were offered one of six diets, similar to those used in experiment 1 with the exception that they were supplemented with graded levels of diammonium hydrogen citrate (DAHC). In experiment 3, 72 birds were offered one of six diets which were based on the same diluted broiler mash but which had been supplemented with graded levels of autoclaved dried poultry manure (ADPM) at the expense of glucose. Diet 3B contained no ADPM whereas diet 3F contained 20% ADPM.

All birds were weighed at 2 and 3 weeks of age and their food consumptions over these periods were recorded. Their growth was compared with that of birds fed the undiluted commercial broiler food.

All birds of experiment 1 (TAC‐supplemented diets) and experiment 2 (DAHC‐supplemented diets) showed significantly poorer growth rates than the control birds. However, birds of experiment 3 (ADPM‐supplemented diets) grew as well as the control birds.     

Fermentation of poultry manure for poultry diets

1. The fermentation of poultry manure in an attempt to increase its value for poultry diets was studied.

2. Microbial strains for the efficient elimination of uric acid were isolated.

3. Suitable, cheap carbon sources (methanol, glycerol, glucose) were tested in attempts to increase cell yield.

4. These criteria were used to study the 41 bacterial and 8 yeast strains which were the most prolific on slants and which were isolated from experiments with a shaker. A strain was selected for experimentation with a fermentor.

5. Fermentor experiments were done on a laboratory scale (101) and in a non‐sterile semicontinuous system (150 1), cell mass production being similar in both systems.     

微生态制剂对产蛋后期蛋鸡饲料营养物质消化率的影响

本文通过代谢试验研究了饲料中添加微生态制剂芽孢杆菌和粪肠球菌对产蛋后期鸡饲料营养物质表观消化率的影响。试验选用健康的50周龄左右的海兰褐蛋鸡96只,随机分为4个处理,每个处理8个重复,每个重复3只鸡,对照组饲喂基础且日粮不添加任何抗菌药物或微生态制剂,其他3个试验组在日粮基础上分别添加0.01%粪肠球菌,0.02%芽孢杆菌,及0.03%复合微生态制剂(0.01%粪肠球菌+0.02%芽孢杆菌),试验预饲期为30 d,在鸡只充分适应日粮营养和表现最佳生产性能的基础上,连续收集各重复鸡3 d的排泄物,分别测定各处理饲料能量、粗蛋白质、干物质、钙、磷及氨基酸的利用效率。试验结果表明:添加0.01%粪肠球菌可以显著提高产蛋后期蛋鸡日粮中钙、磷表观消化率及精氨酸、亮氨酸、半胱氨酸的表观消化率(P<0.05);添加0.02%芽孢杆菌、0.03%复合微生态制剂可以分别显著提高蛋鸡日粮代谢能、干物质、粗蛋白质、钙磷表观消化率以及丝氨酸、谷氨酸、精氨酸等氨基酸表观消化率(P<0.05),并且两者效果差异不显著。因此,微生态制剂可以显著提高产蛋后期蛋鸡饲料营养物质消化率。     

Effect of dried tomato pulp on the performance and egg traits of laying hens

1. Grouped laying hens were fed on experimental diets containing dried tomato pulp (DTP) at inclusion rates up to 120 g/kg and two control diets (A and A+Carophyll). 2. The addition of DTP did not significantly affect egg production, food consumption and efficiency, egg weight and shell thickness. 3. There was a significant improvement in the egg yolk colour in treatments containing DTP. However, this improvement was significantly lower in comparison to the diet which contained carophyll.     

Stability of fear and sociality in two strains of laying hens

1. This trial studied the effects of strain and age on tonic immobility (TI) duration, emergence time (ET) and social reinstatement time (SRT) in laying hens and investigated the consistency of individual behavioural characteristics over rearing and laying periods and the correlations between these behavioural traits. 2. One hundred chicks from each of ISA Brown (ISA) and Lohmann Tradition (LT) laying hens were reared from one day old in pens. At 3 weeks, birds of each line were divided into 4 groups. Twenty birds in one group of each line were marked individually for repeated testing and the other groups were assigned for single testing to test the habituation effect and possible age effects at a group level. 3. ISA birds had higher overall means for TI duration and latency to leave the start box. ISA also showed longer latency in SRT at week 28 than Lohmanns. TI duration increased from weeks 3 to 10 and then decreased to week 35 in both lines. The latency to explore the test area and to reinstate decreased from weeks 10 to 35. 4. Tonic immobility, exploratory and social reinstatement behaviours were consistent over time in both lines, as revealed by Kendall's W coefficient of concordance. 5. In social test situations, an inter-situational consistency was found, that is, birds emerged quickly from the start box and reinstated quickly with their companion. TI (non-social test) was negatively correlated with ET and SRT. Thus the two lines of laying hens respond differently in social and non-social tests.     

蛋鸡产蛋后期的营养调控

蛋鸡产蛋后期精准的营养调控可延缓蛋鸡的衰老,延长产蛋期,提高经济效益.本文从能量、蛋白质、维生素、矿物元素的营养需要等方面对蛋鸡产蛋后期的营养调控进行总结,以期能够对产蛋鸡后期的营养调控提供参考.     

不同日粮条件下添加维生素E对蛋种鸡繁殖性能的影响

本试验选择220日龄健康的伊莎父母代种鸡6000羽,随机分为8组,每组8个重复.Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ组为常 规日粮组,分别添加维生素E0、40、180、300 mg/kg;V、Ⅵ、Ⅶ、Ⅷ组为非常规基础日粮,分别添加维生素E0、40、180、300 mg/kg.通过8周饲养试验,测定不同剂量的维生素E对蛋种鸡受精率、死胎率、...     

Effects on chick growth of adding various non-protein nitrogen sources or dried autoclaved poultry manure to diets containing crystalline essential amino acids

Female broiler chicks were offered semi‐purified diets containing crystalline essential amino acids, including proline, supplemented with various nitrogen sources. Individual final body weights, food consumption and food conversion efficiencies (FCE) were measured.

In the first experiment 70 1‐d‐old chicks were given one of seven diets for 21 d; basal (1A) or basal plus: 12% l‐glutamic acid (1B), 17.05% monoammonium citrate (1C), 9.23% diammonium citrate (1D), 6.61% triammonium citrate (TAC) (1E), 2.45% urea (1F) or 4.05% triammonium phosphate and 12.56% calcium lactate (1G). Using body weight at 21 d and FGE as measures of the effectiveness of the various nitrogen sources the orders were 1E (171 g), 1B (154 g) > 1D (131 g), 1G (123 g), 1F (118 g) >basal (89 g) >1C (66 g), (P < 0.05) and 1B (0.456), 1E (0.420) >1G (0.346), 1F (0.329), 1D (0.319) > basal (0.269) > 1C (0.192), (P < 0.05), respectively.

In the second experiment 70 7‐d‐old chicks were offered one of seven diets for 14 d; basal (2A) or basal plus 12% l‐glutamic acid (2B), 8.0% l‐glutamic acid and 2.21% TAC (2C), 4.0% L‐glutamic acid and 4.42% TAC (2D), 6.61% TAC (2E), 3.43% uric acid (2F) or 20.09% dried autoclaved poultry manure (2G). When the final body weights at 21 d and FCE were placed into a rank order, the degrees of effectiveness were: 2C (250 g), 2B (245 g), 2D (244 g), 2G (240 g) > 2E (206 g) > basal (165 g), 2F (150 g) (P < 0.045) and 2B (0.471), 2G (0.451), 2C (0.445), 2D (0.436) >2E (0.399) > basal (0.314) >2F (0.243) (P < 0.05), respectively. The results for diets 2B, 2C, 2D and 2E appear to indicate that 4% glutamic acid is required for maximal chick growth with these crystalline amino acid diets.     

日粮中添加铜对产蛋鸡生产性能及蛋品质的影响

本试验选择五水硫酸铜作为饲料添加的铜源,以产蛋高峰期的海兰褐壳蛋鸡为试验动物,研究日粮中添加60mg/kg的铜对蛋鸡生产性能、蛋品质的影响。试验选取40周龄的海兰褐壳蛋鸡104只,设两个处理,每个处理4个重复,每个重复13只鸡。对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验组饲喂基础日粮 硫酸铜52mg/kg。试验结果表明:1)与对照组相比,试验组能够提高产蛋鸡的各项生产性能,日产蛋重、产蛋率、料蛋比、日采食量均有上升趋势(P>0.05)。2)与对照组相比,试验组的蛋形指数差异不显著(P>0.05),蛋壳厚度变厚(P>0.05),蛋白、蛋黄重以及蛋白蛋黄的比值差异不显著(P>0.05),破软蛋率下降(P>0.05)。     

芽孢杆菌制剂对蛋鸡产蛋性能、血清相关指标及肠道菌群的影响

将480只30周龄海赛克斯褐壳蛋鸡随机分成4组,每组4个重复,每个重复30只鸡。对照组（Ⅰ组）饲喂基础日粮,试验组（Ⅱ～Ⅳ）分别在基础日粮中添加100、200、300mg／kg水平的芽孢杆菌制剂。结果显示,Ⅱ组产蛋率显著高于Ⅰ组和Ⅳ组（P〈O．05）,料蛋比有所降低但不显著（P〉0．05）。Ⅱ组白蛋白和血糖含量显著高于Ⅰ组和Ⅳ组（P〈0．05）,芽孢杆菌对总蛋白、尿酸、总胆固醇和甘油三酯无显著性影响（P〉0．05）。各试验组ⅠgA和IgG含量均比对照组有所提高,但差异不显著（P〉0．05）。Ⅱ组和Ⅲ组C3浓度显著高于Ⅰ组（P〈0．05）,Ⅱ组C4浓度显著高于Ⅰ组和Ⅳ组（P〈0．05）。Ⅱ组和Ⅲ组回肠大肠杆菌的数量较Ⅰ组显著降低（P〈0．05）,乳酸杆菌显著提高（P〈O．05）。结果表明,芽孢杆菌制剂能够改善蛋鸡的生产性能,提高机体免疫力,促进肠道健康;蛋鸡日粮中添加100mg／kg芽孢杆菌制剂效果最佳。