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Effects of Feeding Induced Molting on the Performance, Egg Quality, and Visceral Organs in Laying Hens (산란계에서 급이환우가 산란계의 생산성과 계란의 품질 및 주요 장기에 미치는 영향)

Hong, E.C.;Na, J.C.;You, D.C.;Jang, B.G.;Kim, H.K.;Choi, Y.H.;Park, H.D.;HwangBo, J.
- Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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- v.34 no.3
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- pp.197-205
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- 2007
This study was conducted to compare the effect of feeding molting and fasting molting on the performance, egg quality, and visceral organs in laying hens for animal welfare. Eighty one 62-wk-old White Leghorn hens that egg production was over 80% and average weight was $1.6{\pm}0.3\;kg$ were used in this study. Treatments were control (non-molt treatment), feeding molt treatment, and fasting molt treatment. The three treatments were administered to three replicate group of nine hens wherein each group. All treatment groups were fed the basal diet (CP 15%, ME 2,700 kal/kg) for two weeks as the adaptation period. Induced molt diets contains low CP (6.7%) and low energy (2,200 kal/kg). Test periods were 14 days for feeding molting and 10 days for fasting molting. Egg production decreased to be 0% at 10 days of feeding molting treatment, but at 2 or 3 days of fasting molting treatment. Egg production restarted after 19 days ending molt at feeding molting treatment, while after 24 days at fasting molting treatment. On the egg quality was improved at molting treatments (p<0.05) except egg yolk. Egg shell tissue was crowded at molting treatment to compare to control. Liver weights, heart weight, and oviduct weight of laying hens decreased at molting treatments (p<0.05). Finally, feeding molting might could be replaced fasting molting on the welfare and further studies were needed about molting program.
https://doi.org/10.5536/KJPS.2007.34.3.197 인용 PDF KSCI