Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

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Nutrition Practice to Alleviate the Adverse Effects of Stress on Laying Performance, Metabolic Profile, and Egg Quality in Peak Producing Hens: I. The Humate Supplementation

  • Hayirli, Armagan (Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders, School of Veterinary Medicine Ataturk University) ;
  • Esenbuga, N. (Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ataturk University) ;
  • Macit, M. (Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ataturk University) ;
  • Lacin, E. (Department of Animal Husbandry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University) ;
  • Karaoglu, M. (Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ataturk University) ;
  • Karaca, H. (Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture, Ataturk University) ;
  • Yildiz, L. (Department of Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Ataturk University)
  • Received : 2004.12.21
  • Accepted : 2005.05.02
  • Published : 2005.09.01
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Abstract

This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of cage density (CD) and humate supplementation (HS) on laying performance, metabolic profile, and egg quality during the peak production period in hens. Lohman layers (n = 180, 46 wks of age) were blocked according to the location of cages and then allocated randomly to two levels of CD (4 or 6 hens per cage or 540 vs. 360 $cm^2$/hen) and three levels of HS (0, 0.15, and 0.30%). Egg production (EP) and feed consumption (FC) were measured daily; egg weight was measured bi-weekly; and BW was measured before and after the experiment. Blood and additional egg samples were obtained at the end of the experiment for determination of metabolic profile and egg quality. The data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA as repeated measures. Except for FC, CD did not affect laying performance parameters. Hens placed in high-density cages had lower FC than hens placed in normal-density cages. Increasing HS level linearly increased FC, EP, and feed conversion ratio (FCR). There was a CD by HS interaction effect on FC and EP. Hens placed in high-density cages had greater serum glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, Ca, and P concentrations and tended to have greater serum corticosterone concentration than hens placed in normaldensity cages. Increasing HS level linearly increased serum glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, creatine, and Ca concentrations and linearly decreased serum triglyceride and very low-density lipoprotein concentrations. There was a CD by HS interaction effect on serum glucose and albumin concentrations. There were no alterations in egg quality parameters in response to increasing CD. Albumen index and Haugh unit decreased linearly and other egg quality parameters did not change as HS level increased. In conclusion, increased caging density adversely affected metabolic profile, despite insignificantly deteriorating laying performance. Moreover, benefits from humate supplementation seem to be more noteworthy for hens housed in stressing conditions than for hens housed in standard conditions.

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