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Effects of Feeding Betaine on Performance and Blood Hormone in Laying Hens  

Park, J.H. (Department of Animal Resources and Biotechnology, Chonbuk National University)
Kang, C.W. (Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
Ryu, K.S. (Department of Animal Resources and Biotechnology, Chonbuk National University)
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Korean Journal of Poultry Science / v.33, no.4, 2006 , pp. 323-328 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary betaine on egg production, estradiol, progesterone, and melatonin secretion in laying hens. Seventy two ISA-Brown laying hens were placed into individual cage and fed four different levels of betaine (0, 300, 600, 1,200 ppm) in diets for four weeks. Basal diets were mainly mixed with corn-soybean and contained 2,800 kcal/kg ME and 16% CP. Dietary supplementation of betaine showed significantly higher (p<0.05) egg weight and daily eggmass than controls, but did not have consistent influence on the egg production. The serum estradiol was statistically different in betaine treatments compared to that of control (p<0.05). No significant changes in serum progesterone concentrations were observed by the addition of betaine in diets. Serum melatonin concentrations also increased with betaine supplementation in diets (p<0.05). The results of this study indicate that the dietary betaine may contribute to increase daily eggmass, serum estradiol and melatonin concentration in laying hens.
Keywords
betaine; egg production; estradiol; progesterone; melatonin; laying hens;
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