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ArticleScientific reports2023

Association of feed efficiency with organ characteristics and fatty liver haemorrhagic syndrome in laying hens.

Doreen Onyinye Anene, Yeasmin Akter, Peter John Groves, Neil Horadagoda, Sonia Yun Liu, Amy Moss, Christine Hutchison, Cormac John O'Shea

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Doreen Onyinye AneneSchool of Biosciences, Department of Animal Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE512RD, UK.
Yeasmin AkterSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences (SOLES), Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, 2570, Australia.
Peter John GrovesSydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, Poultry Research Foundation, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, 2570, Australia.
Neil HoradagodaSydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Camden, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, 2570, Australia.
Sonia Yun LiuSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences (SOLES), Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, 2570, Australia.
Amy MossSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 82351, Australia.
Christine HutchisonSchool of Science, Western Sydney University, Hawkesbury Campus, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia.
Cormac John O'SheaSchool of Biosciences, Department of Animal Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE512RD, UK. cormac.oshea@tus.ie.
University of Sydney · AUTechnological University of the Shannon: Midlands MidwestUniversity of New England · AUUniversity of Nottingham · GBWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor feed efficiency (FE) in hens impacts body weight (BW) and may reflect suboptimal health. Fatty Liver Haemorrhagic Syndrome (FLHS) is mostly observed in laying hens and affects egg production and hen performance. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of FE and BW with organ characteristics, liver composition and incidence of FLHS of 150 individually housed ISA Brown hens ranked on the basis of feed conversion ratio (FCR) attained from early lay. At 45 weeks, 10 birds per FE group (HFE-High feed efficient; MFE-medium feed efficient; LFE-low feed efficient) were randomly selected and euthanized. Hen BW was positively associated with feed intake and FCR. The HFE hens had a lower abdominal fat pad and liver weight compared to LFE hens. FLHS lesion score was higher (worse) in the LFE than HFE hen group and was moderately positively associated with BW and abdominal fat pad, but strongly positively associated with liver weight. Liver pathology of LFE hens showed hepatocytes with abnormal retention of lipids causing distended cytoplasmic vacuoles compared to the HFE hens. Hens which exhibited poorer FE in early lay had heavier abdominal fat pads, heavier, fatter livers and were more prone to FLHS.

Indexed as

ChickensFatty LiverAbnormalities, MultipleAnimalsCraniofacial AbnormalitiesFemaleGrowth DisordersHeart Septal Defects, VentricularHemorrhage

Identifiers

PMID37041185
PMCPMC10090132
OpenAlexW4364364649

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