ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Dynamics of Growth and Egg Traits in Three Dietary Balanced Protein Scenarios Applied for Laying Hens.
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- Effects of Fish Bone Meal Supplementation on Growth Performance, Blood Immunity, Intestinal Morphology, and Gut Microbiota in Laying Hens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- ASAS-NANP symposium: mathematical modeling in animal nutrition: overview of poultry nutrition modeling.Journal of animal science · 2025Review
- Role of nutritional and metabolic status on the pullet to hen transition and lifetime productivity.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
- Response of Laying Hens to Repletion and Depletion in Dietary Balanced Protein.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate laying hens from 8 to 102 weeks old, regarding their changes in performance, body composition, and egg components produced in three scenarios of nutrition. Three treatments designed to contain different levels of balanced protein (BP) were randomly assigned to the experimental units, performing ten replicates per treatment with 20 birds each. A standard feed was formulated to meet hen requirements and the ideal ratio between essential amino acids. Then, two experimental feeds were formulated to contain 20% above or below the dietary BP used in the standard feed. The responses evaluated were cumulated feed intake (g), daily feed intake (g/day), body weight (g), body composition (g of protein, fat, and ash), hen-housed egg production (%/hen-housed), egg production (%), egg weight (g), egg mass (g), and egg components (percentages of yolk, albumen, and eggshell). The dietary BP influenced the body composition, egg production, egg weight, and egg mass of white laying hens. The increase in dietary BP was related to an increase in body contents and egg weight, whereas hens consuming the low dietary balanced protein presented a lower body weight, leaner, and produced smaller eggs.
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