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The Role of Dietary Schizochytrium Powder in Chicken Production Performance, Egg Quality, and Antioxidant Status.
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objectivesThe aim of this experiment was to explore how the addition of Schizochytrium powder to the feeding ration affected the production performance, egg quality, and antioxidant function of chickens. Schizochytrium powder is a unicellular spherical marine microalga that can be cultivated through heterotrophic fermentation, with characteristics including rapid cell growth, stable composition, and ease of large-scale production. EXPERIMENTAL
designThree hundred and twenty 33-week-old chickens with similar egg production rates and body weights were selected and randomly divided into four groups, with five replicates each and 16 hens in each replicate. The control group (Group I) was fed a corn-soybean meal basal diet, while the test groups were supplemented with 0.5% (Group II), 1.0% (Group III), and 2.0% (Group IV) Schizochytrium powder on top of this basal diet, respectively. The pretest period was 1 week, and the main test period was 8 weeks. The results revealed the following: (1) Compared with Group I, the average daily feed intake (ADFI) and laying rate (LR) were significantly lower (
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