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Effects of a Microbial Enzyme Supplementation on the Performance of Laying Hens Fed Diets Containing Different Levels of Wheat |
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J. S. Um, S. H. Ahn, I. K. Paik |
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An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of a microbial enzyme (Roxazyme-G짰), a multi-carbobydrases preparation, supplementation to the wheat-based layer diets. Diets were formulated to include different levels of wheat replacing yellow corn on isocaloric and isonitrogenous basis. The energy value of wheat in the enzyme supplemented diets was adjusted (spec-modified) to have 5% more ME than the wheat in diets without enzyme. A total of 864 Hy-Line짰 brown layers were assigned to 4 dietary treatment: 10% wheat (T1), 25% wheat (T2), 25% wheat (spec-modified)+0.01% Roxazyme-G짰 (T3), and all wheat (spec-modified) +0.01% Roxazyme-G짰 (T4). Hen-day egg productions of T1 and T4 were significantly (p < 0.05) greater than that of T2 but not different from T3. Hen-housed egg production of T4 was significantly (p < 0.01) greater than those of T1 and T3 but not different from T2. Egg weights of T1 and T2 were significantly (p < 0.01) greater than that of T4. Feed consumption of T2 was significantly (p <0.01) lower than other treatments. Feed conversion ratio (feed/egg mass) was not significantly different among treatments. Eggshell thickness of T1 was significantly (p < 0.01) greater than other treatments but ratio of broken eggs was not significantly different among treatments. Haugh unit of T4 was significantly greater (p <0.05) than that of T2. Egg yolk color was significantly (p < 0.01) influenced by treatments in which enzyme treatment potentiated the yolk pigmentation. It was concluded that a multi-carbohydrases supplementation enables complete replacement of yellow corn with wheat without loss of productivity and major egg quality parameter. |
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Multi-carbohydrases; Wheat-based Diet; Layer Performance; Egg Quality; Yolk Pigmentation |
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