1. Tryptophan (Trp), besides its role as an essential amino acid in protein synthesis, may also have other important effects on laying hens under summer conditions. 2. Babcock Brown layers (n?=?768), 40 weeks of age, were allocated to 4 treatment groups, each of which included 6 replicates of 32 hens. Each group received the same basal diet, formulated with maize and soybean meal, for 8 weeks. Hens were fed on the basal diet with 0·0, 0·2, 0·4, and 0·8?g/kg L-Trp to achieve dietary concentrations of 1·7, 1·9?g/kg, 2·1?g/kg or 2·5?g/kg of Trp, respectively. 3. Supplementing L-Trp had no affect on laying performance. Adding 0·2 or 0·4?g/kg L-Trp improved egg shell strength compared with those fed on the control diet. Serum albumin concentration increased at 0·4?g/kg compared with those receiving 0·0 or 0·8?g/kg Trp. The addition of Trp at 0·4?g/kg increased serum IgM concentration quadratically. Serum superoxide dismutase (T-SOD) increased linearly and quadratically at 0·4?g/kg. 4. In conclusion, we suggest that 0·2 to 0·4?g/kg Trp may have beneficial effects on laying hens under conditions of high temperature and humidity. 相似文献
禾本科与豆科牧草的混播,是人工草地建植的最主要方式之一,研究氮肥对豆禾混播草地影响对维持混播草地的持续稳定生产具有重要意义。试验在温室栽培条件下研究了3个氮肥梯度(0,75,150 kg N/hm2,记作N0,N75,N150)对无芒雀麦单播,紫花苜蓿单播以及它们混播(分别记作G-G,L-L,G-L)生物量的影响。研究结果表明,1)在单播时,无芒雀麦对氮肥的响应较敏感,施入氮肥显著地提高无芒雀麦的生物量(P<0.05),而对紫花苜蓿的生物量无显著影响(P>0.05)。在混播时,无芒雀麦对有效氮的竞争胜过紫花苜蓿,施氮能显著地增加混播中无芒雀麦牧草的生物量(P<0.05),间接地抑制了紫花苜蓿生物量的发展。2)无芒雀麦和紫花苜蓿混播的总生物量介于它们单播时生物量之间,却高于它们单播时生物量的平均值。3)无芒雀麦单株地上生物量在混播时显著高于单播(P<0.05)。相反,紫花苜蓿的单株地上生物量单播显著高于混播(P<0.05)。这说明在混播系统中,无芒雀麦混播效应表现为积极的促进作用,紫花苜蓿混播效应表现为消极的抑制作用。4)在无芒雀麦和紫花苜蓿的混播中,无芒雀麦和紫花苜蓿的生长处于动态的消长中,这种变化通过土壤无机氮的水平来调控。 相似文献
1. This study was conducted to determine the effects of different dietary fat sources on growth performance, tibia fatty acids and biomarkers of bone metabolism in broilers.
2. One-d-old commercial Arbor Acres broilers were fed with a maize–soya bean basal diet for 42 d, supplemented with oils according to the following 5 treatments: lard (lard group); linseed oil (linseed oil group); palm oil (palm oil group); linseed oil + palm oil (60:40 or 40:60 w/w, LP-1 group and LP-2 group, respectively).
3. No significant differences in weight gain, feed intake and gain/feed ratio were observed between the lard and linseed oil groups. Birds fed on palm oil had significantly greater weight gain and feed intake than those fed on lard or linseed oil. Growth performance in LP-1 and LP-2 was significantly greater than that of single-oil groups.
4. Tibia growth and bone characteristics were not influenced by supplementation with lard, linseed oil, or palm oil alone, but broilers fed on a mixture of fats had significantly greater tibia weight and length compared to broilers fed on linseed oil. Bone mineral density in tibia was significantly increased in LP-1 and LP-2 groups.
5. Supplementation of linseed oil alone or in combination with palm oil enhanced apparent digestibility of calcium, reduced serum calcium and increased tibia calcium concentrations. Moreover, supplementation with linseed oil alone or in combination with palm oil had a positive effect on biomarkers of bone growth.
6. The combination of linseed and palm oils was beneficial for growth performance, tibia growth and biomarkers of bone metabolism. 相似文献