Comparative Study of Nitrogen Metabolism and the Nitrogen Maintenance Requirement in Lohmann Brown Roosters and Layers

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of dietary protein level on nitrogen retention and compare nitrogen metabolism in Lohmann Brown adult roosters and layers. The nitrogen maintenance requirement (N_m) was determined based on the nitrogen balance. Thirty Lohmann Brown adult roosters and 30 laying hens at 27 weeks of age were randomly divided into five groups of six birds per group. The birds were fed with one of five diets containing 10.46%, 11.77%, 13.79%, 16.77% or 18.29% of crude protein. Nitrogen intake, nitrogen retention and nitrogen retention efficiency were higher in roosters than in laying hens, and the average nitrogen retention rate for groups fed with CP level of 11.77%, 13.79%, 16.77% and 18.29% was improved by 9.14%. The nitrogen maintenance requirement for Lohmann Brown roosters and laying hens at 27 weeks of age were 0.4245 g/d and 0.5059 g/d, respectively, and Nm based on average body weight (BW) and metabolic body weight (BW^0.75) was 0.2364 g/kg BW and 0.2739 g/kg BW^0.75 for laying hens and 0.2754 g/kg BW and 0.3208 g/kg BW^0.75 for roosters, respectively. The regression equations for daily N gain (N_B, protein accretion) vs. daily N intake (N_I) for Lohmann Brown layers and roosters were N_B = 0.3743N_I–0.1589 (R² = 0.79) and N_B = 0.6228N_I–0.3151 (R² = 0.85), respectively. The results of this study indicate that nitrogen intake and nitrogen retention at the same dietary CP level were higher in roosters than in laying hens.     

公鸡和母鸡氮代谢及氮维持需要量的比较研究

试验采用氮平衡试验研究产蛋高峰期罗曼公、母鸡的氮维持需要量(Nm),并分析公、母鸡氮代谢的变化规律。试验选取27周龄健康的公、母鸡各30只,分别分为5个处理,每处理6个重复,每个重复1只试鸡,对公、母鸡分别饲喂5个不同粗蛋白质水平的试验日粮。结果表明:相同蛋白水平处理组的公鸡氮食入量和氮沉积率均高于母鸡的结果。母鸡和公鸡的氮食入量(NI)与氮沉积量(NB)间的回归方程分别为NB=0.3743NI-0.1589(R2=0.79)和NB=0.6228NI-0.3151(R2=0.85)。母鸡和公鸡的氮维持需要量分别为每天0.4245g和0.5059g;每千克体重0.2364g和0.2754g;每千克代谢体重0.2739g和0.3208g。     

罗曼鸡可利用蛋氨酸维持需要的研究

试验选用30周龄罗曼公、母鸡72只,分为12个处理,每个处理6个重复,每个重复1只试鸡,单笼饲养,分别饲喂蛋氨酸水平为理想需要量的36%、50%、65%、75%、85%和100%的半纯合梯度日粮,建立蛋白质和蛋氨酸沉积量对蛋氨酸食入量间的回归方程,来确定30周龄罗曼公母鸡的可利用蛋氨酸维持需要量。结果表明:公鸡蛋白沉积量显著高于母鸡(P<0.05)。分别以蛋白质和蛋氨酸沉积量为因变量,所得公鸡可利用蛋氨酸维持需要分别为每天39.34mg/kgBW0.7(5或表示为266.81mg/kgBPM)和1.93mg/kgBW0.7(5或表示为13.11mg/kgBPM)。母鸡可利用蛋氨酸维持需要分别为每天52.32mg/kgBW0.7(5或表示为282.14mg/kgBPM)和7.76mg/kgBW0.7(5或表示为41.87mg/kgBPM);由蛋白质沉积量为因变量所得的回归方程外推零蛋白质沉积时的蛋氨酸维持需要量要显著高于以零蛋氨酸沉积所得的维持需要量(P>0.05),母鸡可利用蛋氨酸维持需要高于公鸡的测定结果。     

生长鹅氮维持需要量的比较研究

本试验通过采用回归法(REG)、无氮日粮法(NFD)和绝食代谢法(FAS)比较研究生长期扬州鹅的氮维持需要(Nm)。结果表明:(1)三种方法所得的Nm分别为242.3、191.2和243.7mg/kgBW0.75;(2)NFD研究得出,排泄物含氮量和总氮量与无氮日粮采食量分别呈极显著和显著的负相关(P=0.000,P<0.01和P=0.019,P<0.05)。REG和FAS这两种方法估测结果较为接近,其中REG法更为可靠,更可取,生长期扬州鹅的Nm为240.0mg/kgBW0.75左右。     

Nitrogen retention and performance of brown laying hens on diets with different protein content and constant concentration of amino acids and energy.

1. The aim of this study was to determine the nitrogen balance and the performance of laying hens fed on diets with a protein content lower than the diets currently used in commercial practice but with adequate concentrations of lysine, sulphur amino acids, tryptophan and threonine. 2. Ninety-six Hy-Line Brown hens, 24 weeks old, were divided into 3 groups of 8 replicates and received, for 16 weeks, diets formulated to have 3 different protein concentrations: 170 (control), 150 and 130 g/kg CP and the same energy content. For each protein concentration, the contents of lysine, methionine, methionine+cystine, tryptophan and threonine were maintained at minimum requirement concentrations by supplying synthetic amino acids. 3. In the first half of the trial, egg production and egg weight were similar in all groups. From the 9th week onwards group 150 CP laid heavier eggs and had a slightly lower egg deposition and total mass. Food conversion ratio was best in the control group. 4. Nitrogen intake was related to the protein concentration of the diet, the food intake being almost the same in the 3 experimental groups. Faecal nitrogen content significantly and linearly decreased with reduction in dietary protein content and was about 50% of the intake. Considering the nitrogen faecal/intake ratio, the 150 CP group showed better nitrogen utilisation at each sampling time.     

Strain Response of Laying Hens to Varying Dietary Energy Levels With and Without Avizyme Supplementation

The response of 4 strains of laying hens fed diets varying in ME with and without Avizyme 1500 (AVI) supplementation was evaluated in a factorial arrangement study. The strains of laying hens (Hy-Line W-36, Hy-Line Brown, Babcock B300, and Shaver White) were fed 3 diets: moderate ME (2,900 kcal/kg), low ME (2,810 kcal/kg), and low ME with AVI for 28 wk commencing at 22 wk of age. No significant effects of diet, strain, or their interaction on feed intake and BW change were observed. Lack of an effect on feed intake was surprising given the different levels of ME. It is hypothesized that the reduced dietary ME was not low enough to elicit a response. Of course, dietary level of ME did change caloric intake among hens, with hens fed moderate ME consuming more calories than those fed low ME with or without AVI. There was an interesting dietary ME × strain interaction effect on egg production (EP). Babcock B300 hens fed moderate ME and low ME with AVI had greater EP compared with the B300 hens fed low ME, whereas the Shaver White hens had a greater EP when fed a low-ME diet compared with feeding a moderate-ME diet or low-ME diet with AVI. Egg weight and egg mass were significantly affected by strain but not by diet ME. Hy-Line Brown and Babcock B300 hens laid eggs with greater weight and mass in contrast to Hy-Line W-36 or Shaver White. Hy-Line Brown eggs were the largest, whereas Shaver White had greatest egg-specific gravity. Strain significantly affected proportions of albumen vs. yolk in the egg. Across all strains, Hy-Line Brown had more albumen percentage, whereas Hy-Line W-36 had higher wet yolk and yolk solids percentages. The low-ME level fed to laying hens may have been too high to evoke an enzyme response to improve energy utilization by birds. This is important, because to obtain an economic benefit, producers would need to know the proper ME level to feed with the supplemental enzymes.     

能量水平对粉壳蛋鸡生产性能及蛋品质量的影响

为研究不同能量水平对产蛋性能和蛋品质量的影响,试验选用504只194日龄罗曼粉蛋鸡,试验共设3个处理,每个处理5个重复,每个重复33～35只,分别饲喂三个能量水平(10.88、11.09、11.30 MJ/kg)的日粮。试验共进行30 d。试验结果表明,各处理组在采食量、产蛋率、平均蛋重、料蛋比、蛋壳强度和哈夫单位等方面差异不显著;表明能量水平在50～100 kcal/kg范围内波动,对蛋鸡生产性能和蛋品质量未产生显著影响。     

饲粮代谢能水平对汶上芦花产蛋鸡生产性能、血清生化指标和蛋品质的影响

本试验旨在研究饲粮代谢能(ME)水平对产蛋期汶上芦花鸡生产性能、血清生化指标和蛋品质的影响,并建立代谢能需要量析因模型,确定产蛋期汶上芦花鸡的饲粮代谢能需要量。试验采用单因素完全随机设计,选取40周龄、体重相近的健康汶上芦花鸡360只,随机分为5个组,每组6个重复,每个重复12只鸡。各组分别饲喂代谢能水平为10.68、10.89、11.10、11.30和11.51MJ/kg的试验饲粮,其他主要营养水平保持一致。预试期7d,试验期35d。结果表明:1)饲粮代谢能水平对产蛋期汶上芦花鸡的平均日采食量(ADFI)、平均日代谢能摄入量(ADMEI)、平均体重、代谢体重(BW0.75)、产蛋数、产蛋率和平均日产蛋量(ADEM)均有显著影响(P0.05)。随饲粮代谢能水平的升高,ADFI、ADMEI、产蛋数、产蛋率和ADEM呈增加趋势,但当代谢能水平为11.51 MJ/kg时降低。随饲粮代谢能水平的升高,料蛋比呈降低趋势,但当代谢能水平为11.51 MJ/kg时增加。饲粮代谢能水平为11.51和11.30 MJ/kg时的平均体重和BW0.75显著高于代谢能水平为11.10 MJ/kg时(P0.05)。2)随饲粮代谢能水平的升高,产蛋期汶上芦花鸡的血清葡萄糖(GLU)、甘油三酯(TG)和总胆固醇(TCHO)含量均呈增加趋势。3)饲粮代谢能水平对产蛋期汶上芦花鸡的蛋白高度、蛋黄颜色、哈氏单位和蛋黄比率有显著影响(P0.05)。低能组(代谢能水平为10.68、10.89和11.10 MJ/kg)的蛋白高度和哈氏单位显著高于高能组(代谢能水平为11.30和11.51 MJ/kg)(P0.05)。随饲粮代谢能水平的升高,蛋黄颜色和蛋黄比率呈增加趋势,其中代谢能水平为11.51 MJ/kg时的蛋黄颜色和蛋黄比率显著高于其他各代谢能水平时(P0.05)。4)以ADMEI为因变量,以平均日增重(ADG)、ADEM和BW0.75为自变量,拟合41~45周龄汶上芦花鸡饲粮代谢能需要量的析因模型为:ADMEI=0.88 ADG+10.63 ADEM+476.40 BW0.75(R2=0.982 5,P0.05)。满足41~45周龄汶上芦花鸡最佳生产性能的适宜饲粮代谢能需要量为11.29 MJ/kg。     

复合营养性添加剂对缓解蛋鸡运输应激效果研究

为研究复合营养性添加剂对长距离运输后育成期蛋鸡生长性能、血液生化和血液激素水平的影响,采用2×2双因子试验设计,主效应分别是时间点(处理前、处理后)和复合营养性添加剂(0、1 g/kg).随机选择15周龄长距离运输后的罗曼蛋鸡180只,随机分为2个组,每个组5个重复,每个重复18只.对照组饲喂基础日粮,试验组在基础日粮...     

饲粮氮水平对牦牛尿嘌呤衍生物排出量与瘤胃微生物氮产量的影响

本试验旨在探讨牦牛尿中嘌呤衍生物(PD)排出量对饲粮氮水平的响应规律,并基于此估测了瘤胃微生物氮(MN)产量,以期为高寒牧区牦牛的科学饲养提供参考。选取4头体重[(192±12)kg]相近、年龄(3岁)相同的去势公牦牛,采用4×4拉丁方试验设计将牦牛分为4组,各组饲粮氮水平分别是1.03%、1.95%、2.85%和3.76%,每组1头;试验分为4期,每期21 d,包含15 d的预试期和6 d的正试期。结果表明,牦牛尿中PD主要由尿囊素和尿酸组成,尿囊素/PD和尿酸/PD分别为0.69~0.76、0.23~0.30,黄嘌呤与次黄嘌呤的含量极少。当饲粮氮水平升高时,尿中PD、尿囊素、尿酸以及马尿酸排出量均线性增加(P0.05),而尿酸/PD和嘌呤氮指数(PNI)均线性降低(P0.05)。瘤胃细菌嘌呤碱基(RNA当量)含量、瘤胃细菌氮含量以及瘤胃MN产量都随着饲粮氮水平升高而线性增加(P0.05),但饲粮氮用于合成MN的效率[即瘤胃MN/食入氮(NI)]却线性降低(P0.05)。基于尿中PD排出量(mmol/d)和瘤胃MN产量(g/d)与NI(g/d)之间良好的线性关系,构建了如下数学模型:PD=0.58NI+18.28,MN=0.18NI+22.18。综合得出,当牦牛饲粮氮水平为2.85%时,牦牛瘤胃M N产量最大,为42.60 g/d,而PNI以及饲粮氮用于合成M N的效率却在低氮(1.03%)条件下达到最高,这一结果揭示了牦牛对低氮饲粮中氮素营养高效利用的特点,解释了牦牛对青藏高原饲料营养匮乏的适应性的营养机理。     

蒙脱石对产蛋鸡生产性能和盲肠菌群的影响

本试验旨在研究蒙脱石对产蛋鸡生产性能和盲肠菌群的影响。选取480只75周龄的罗曼蛋鸡,随机分成5组,每组8个重复,每个重复12只。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验组分别在基础饲粮中添加0.3、0.6、0.9和1.2 g/kg的蒙脱石。预试期7 d,正试期70 d。结果表明:1)与对照组相比,0.9 g/kg蒙脱石组产蛋鸡试验第1~5周日产蛋量显著提高(P0.05),试验组料蛋比有降低的趋势(P=0.073)。2)0.3、0.9和1.2 g/kg蒙脱石组测序获得的有效序列和优质序列均多于对照组(P0.05)。3)试验组的Beta多样性提高,与对照组相比,试验组Shannon指数有提高的趋势(P=0.096),Simpson指数呈降低的趋势(P=0.095)。4)在门水平上,与对照组相比,试验组厚壁菌门、变形菌门和螺旋体门的相对含量均有提高(P0.05);0.9 g/kg蒙脱石组中W PS_2的相对含量显著增加(P0.05);0.3 g/kg蒙脱石组迷踪菌门相对含量显著降低(P0.05)。在属水平上,与对照组相比,试验组瘤胃球菌属的相对含量显著提高(P0.05),紫单胞菌属的相对含量呈提高的趋势(P=0.067);0.6和1.2 g/kg蒙脱石组多尔氏菌属和布劳特氏菌属的相对含量显著提高(P0.05);0.6 g/kg蒙脱石组中帕拉普氏菌属的相对含量显著提高(P0.05)。5)属水平上聚类分析显示,试验组与对照组的肠道菌群相似度降低。由此可见,蒙脱石在一定程度上影响了产蛋鸡盲肠菌群的多样性及物种丰度,饲粮中添加0.9 g/kg蒙脱石有提高产蛋鸡生产性能的趋势。     

饲喂水平对冬毛生长期北极狐能量、氮及气体代谢的影响

本试验旨在研究饲喂水平对冬毛生长期北极狐能量、氮及气体代谢的影响.选取36只161日龄、平均体重为(7285±6)g的健康雄性北极狐,随机分成4组,每组9个重复,每个重复1只.各组北极狐饲喂相同的饲粮,但饲喂水平分别为自由采食(Ⅰ组)、自由采食量的80％(Ⅱ组)、自由采食量的60％(Ⅲ组)和自由采食量的40％(Ⅳ组)....     

Occurrence of organic diseases and parasitoses in layer strains Lohmann Selected Leghorn and Lohmann Brown kept in small group housing systems and furnished cages during the laying period

The state of health was examined over two laying periods in a total of 648 Lohmann Selected Leghorn (LSL) and 216 Lohmann Brown (LB) laying hens kept in small group housing systems and furnished cages. In addition, the effect of group size, month of laying, trial, rearing method and body weight was tested. Autopsies of clinically healthy hens were performed every three months during the laying period. Diagnosed fatty livers were classified in three severity codes ranging from moderate to severe alteration. Continuative liver diagnostic was performed by analysing triacylglycerol concentration in serum of every hen. The most common diagnoses at autopsy of clinically healthy laying hens were fatty livers (53.9% in the first trial and 46.3% in the second) and diseases of the reproductive organs. In both trials, there was a significant effect of month of laying and body weight on the occurrence of fatty liver. In the second trial, the occurrence of fatty liver was also significantly affected by the housing system: fatty livers were found significantly most frequently in the Eurovent 625A-EU system. The effect of group size within housing system, layer strain and rearing method regarding the individual trials were found to be not significant.The serodiagnosis showed that laying hens with macroscopically assessed fatty livers had significantly greater triacylglycerol concentrations in serum than the laying hens without fatty livers. Endoparasites did not mean a health problem. In contrast, the red mite of poultry was detected in each examined system.     

日粮中添加辣诺素对海兰褐蛋鸡产蛋性能和蛋品质的影响

本试验旨在研究日粮中添加辣诺素（辣木和诺丽果的提取物）对蛋鸡生产性能及蛋品质的影响。将产蛋高峰期（22周龄）的海兰褐商品蛋鸡540只随机分为6个处理,每个处理6个重复,每个重复15只鸡。负对照组（NC）饲喂基础日粮,正对照组（PC）饲喂添加50 mg/kg杆菌肽锌的基础日粮,4个试验组分别饲喂添加0.25、0.50、0.75和1.00 g/kg辣诺素（LNS）的基础日粮。试验期24周。结果显示：①日粮处理对蛋鸡试验前期和后期生产性能均无显著影响（P>0.05）,试验后期添加0.50和0.75 g/kg辣诺素有改善料蛋比的趋势（P=0.087）;日粮处理对试验前期和后期鸡蛋蛋形指数、蛋壳强度、蛋壳厚度、蛋黄重和哈氏单位均无显著影响（P>0.05）,但日粮中添加杆菌肽锌和辣诺素有提高蛋壳强度的趋势（P=0.062）,其中以添加0.75g/kg辣诺素组鸡蛋强度最高。②与正、负对照组相比,添加辣诺素显著增加了生蛋黄和熟蛋黄的罗氏蛋黄色比率（P<0.05）,显著降低了蛋黄胆固醇的含量（0.25 LNS组除外）（P<0.05）。③与负对照组相比,添加0.50 g/kg辣诺素显著提高了鸡蛋总黄酮、二十二碳六烯酸（DHA）、卵磷脂、亚麻酸和亚油酸含量（P<0.05）。综合以上试验结果,辣诺素作为饲料添加剂具有提高鸡蛋营养品质的功能,考虑到添加成本,产蛋鸡日粮中添加0.25~0.50 g/kg为宜。     

Adverse effects of excess DL-methionine in calves with different body weights.

Adverse effects of excess methionine were examined using 12 Holstein bull calves trained to maintain reflex closure of the reticular groove even after weaning at 5 wk of age. Two nitrogen balance experiments were conducted for 2 wk each from 6 wk (Stage 1; BW = 62 kg) and 12 wk of age (Stage 2; BW = 103 kg) by dividing the calves into three groups at each stage. Calves were fed a corn-soybean meal diet at 62 g/kg of metabolic BW at both stages. At Stage 1, feed efficiency (gain:feed intake) and nitrogen retention did not differ between the group supplemented with .333 g of DL-methionine and .111 g of L-lysine monohydrochloride/kg BW per day and the group supplemented with isonitrogenous diammonium citrate, although the level of DL-methionine was considered to be enough to induce toxicity. Conversely, administration of isonitrogenous casein increased nitrogen retention. At Stage 2, administration of the same levels of methionine and lysine resulted in reduced feed intake, depressed nitrogen retention, and BW loss. Conversely, administration of the isonitrogenous casein did not increase nitrogen retention compared with the supplement of isonitrogenous diammonium citrate. Administration of excess methionine and lysine increased plasma methionine concentrations up to 230 (Stage 1) or 190 micromol/dL (Stage 2). Plasma lysine concentrations were less than 24 micromol/dL at every stage. Administration of the amino acid mixture decreased plasma concentrations of branched-chain amino acids and phenylalanine more obviously at Stage 2 than at Stage 1. These results indicated that abomasal administration of .333 g of DL-methionine/kg BW per day induced methionine toxicity at Stage 2 but methionine imbalance at Stage 1.     

Effect of furnished small group housing systems and furnished cages on mortality and causes of death in two layer strains

1. Mortality and causes of death were recorded over two trials with 13045 Lohmann Selected Leghorn (LSL, white layer strain) and 4410 Lohmann Brown (LB) laying hens kept in furnished small group housing systems and furnished cages. In trial 1, hens were housed from weeks 19 to 71 (LSL) and 17 to 69 (LB). In trial 2, LSL hens were housed from weeks 18 to 57. 2. The hens were kept in groups of 40 and 60 in the furnished small group housing system Eurovent 625 + a-EU and in groups of 10 and 20 in the furnished cages Aviplus and Eurovent 625A-EU. 3. To investigate the possible effect on mortality of rearing the birds on litter floors or in cages, in trial 2 half of the LSL hens were reared on the floor and half in conventional cages. 4. Mortality was greater in the Eurovent furnished small group housing system (5.2%) than in the furnished cages Aviplus (4.0%) and Eurovent (4.2%). 5. Mortality was also affected by the interactions among housing system and trial, layer strain and rearing. In trial 1, more LB laying hens died in the Aviplus system than in the Eurovent group system. There was no significant difference in mortality of the LSL laying hens between housing systems in trial 1. In trial 2, mortality of the LSL hens was greater in the group housing system (hens reared on litter floors: 10.1%; hens reared in cages: 2.8%) than in the furnished cage Aviplus (hens reared on litter floors: 6.0%; hens reared in cages: 1.5%). 6. Mortality was greater in floor-reared LSL laying hens than in the LSL laying hens reared in conventional cages. 7. Group size within housing system had no significant effect on mortality. 8. The most common findings at autopsy were different types of cannibalism (65.51%), with vent cannibalism (38.57%) the most common.     

产蛋鸡内源氮排泄变化规律的研究

选５０周龄罗曼蛋鸡５只，用强饲法供给无氮日粮５３克／千克Ｗ０．７５·天。收集９天的排泄物。结果表明，试验的前３天每日排泄内源氮极显著地高于后６天的日排出量（Ｐ＜０．０１）。而后６天每日的排出量趋于稳定（Ｐ＞０．０５）。测得产蛋鸡内源氮的排泄量为１３３．０毫克／千克Ｗ０．７５·天     

罗曼公母鸡内源氨基酸排泄量的比较研究

试验选取28周龄健康的罗曼公母鸡各16只,分别分为2个处理,每处理8个重复,每个重复1只鸡,分别饲喂2种试验日粮,即无氮日粮(NFD)和NFD+5%酪蛋白,比较分析2种方法测得的公母鸡内源氨基酸排泄量(EAAL)的差异。结果表明:采用NFD法和NFD+5%酪蛋白所得的公母鸡内源氨基酸和总蛋白质的排泄量有所不同。酪蛋白组能够增加内源氮和内源氨基酸的排泄量,NFD+5%酪蛋白法所测得的内源氮和内源氨基酸排泄量更接近试鸡的真实情况。2种测定方法公鸡内源氮和内源氨基酸的排泄量均高于母鸡的结果。     

Evaluation of foot pad health of laying hens in small group housing systems and furnished cages

Foot pad health was examined in a total of 648 Lohmann Selected Leghorn (LSL) in two trials and in 216 Lohmann Brown (LB) laying hens in one trial kept in small group housing systems and furnished cages. The effects of housing system, strain, month of laying period, rearing method, group size and body weight were tested for significance by using analysis of variance. The assessment of foot pads was performed each three months during the laying period. The alterations of foot pads were classified in severity on a scale from 1 (no hyperkeratosis, no epithelial lesions, no swelling of foot pads) to 5 (severe hyperkeratosis and/or deep and large epithelial lesions and/or moderate or high-grade swelling of foot pads). In addition to the macroscopic findings, foot pads were histologically examined. Pathological alterations of foot pads were found in 86.1% of the laying hens, whereas 57.4% of the examined animals showed mild hyperkeratosis (degree 2). Modest hyperkeratosis and/or superficial lesions of the epithelium (degree 3) were detected in 21.0% of the laying hens examined. Severe hyperkeratosis and/or deep epithelial lesions and/or mild swelling of the foot pads (degree 4) as well as very severe hyperkeratosis and/or deep and large epithelial lesions and/or moderate or high-grade swelling of foot pads (degree 5) occurred with frequencies of 5.9% and 1.9% respectively. LB laying hens' food pads were more frequently affected by hyperkeratosis, whereas epithelial lesions were more frequently found in LSL laying hens. The prevalence of pathological alterations in foot pads was significantly influenced by housing system and month of laying period. The results of this study showed that laying hens kept in small group housing systems and furnished cages develop proliferative hyperkeratosis in foot pads due to increased mechanical compression load, caused by the use of perches and staying on wire floor.     

洪江雪峰乌骨鸡和罗曼粉蛋鸡鸡蛋营养成分和蛋品质比较

试验旨在比较洪江雪峰乌骨鸡和罗曼粉蛋鸡的鸡蛋营养成分和蛋品质,为洪江雪峰乌骨鸡蛋用新品系选育提供依据。随机选取40周龄的洪江雪峰乌骨鸡(绿壳)、洪江雪峰乌骨鸡(粉壳)和罗曼粉壳蛋鸡各100只,每品种鸡随机分为5个重复,每个重复20只,在相同饲粮和饲养管理方式下进行饲养,45周龄收集鸡蛋检测营养成分和蛋品质指标。结果表明:洪江雪峰乌骨鸡绿壳蛋的蛋黄比例极显著高于罗曼粉壳蛋(P<0.01),蛋重、蛋壳厚度、哈氏单位极显著低于罗曼粉壳蛋(P<0.01),洪江雪峰乌骨鸡粉壳蛋的蛋重和蛋壳厚度极显著低于罗曼粉壳蛋(P<0.01);洪江雪峰乌骨鸡蛋中的多不饱和脂肪酸和硒元素含量均极显著高于罗曼粉壳蛋(P<0.01),洪江雪峰乌骨鸡绿壳蛋胶原蛋白含量极显著高于罗曼粉壳蛋(P<0.01)。综上所述,洪江雪峰乌骨鸡鸡蛋蛋黄比例高,蛋黄多不饱和脂肪酸、胶原蛋白、硒和锰含量高,适合作为优质禽蛋开发。