• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.717-726
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• 2022

The study evaluated different molt-inducing methods to achieve the main goal of molting in commercial layers during molting and post-molting periods. A total of 400 60-week-old Lohmann Brown layers were randomly divided into five groups (eight replicates of 10 birds for each group). Laying hens in the fasting control group received no diet from day 1 to day 10. The second group received a molt-inducing diet recommended by the breeding company. The third group received a wheat bran-based diet. The fourth group received a commercial layer diet with 8,000 ppm zinc (as zinc oxide, ZnO). The fifth group received an induced molting diet given to the second group with 8,000 ppm zinc, respectively. Egg production in the fasting control group and groups fed a diet with ZnO were significantly lower (p < 0.001) than those in groups fed the molt-inducing and wheat bran-based diets without ZnO during molting. Egg laying in the fasting control group was rapidly reduced and stopped on the 5.9th day of molting. In both groups having molt treatment with ZnO, egg production was similarly reduced and ceased on the 6.9th day and 7.0th day of molting, respectively, none of them differed significantly from the control. Layers fed molt-inducing diet or wheat bran-based diet did not reach the cessation of laying even on the 28th d of molting period. Relative weights of the ovary and growing oocytes of layers subjected to fasting or fed diets with ZnO were significantly lower than those of other groups. During the first two weeks of post molting, layers fed molt-inducing diet with ZnO showed higher egg production than the other two groups (p < 0.01). The eggshell strength in the group fed the commercial diet with ZnO was significantly higher than those fed the molt-inducing diet or wheat bran-based diets at 6 weeks of post molting (p < 0.05). These results suggest that the non-feed withdrawal molting using ZnO is more effective in inducing molting and increasing post-molt egg production and egg quality than other methods using a molt-inducing diet alone or wheat bran-based diet without ZnO.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1196-1200
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• 2008

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the physiological changes of laying hens subjected to feed removal during induced molting while received probiotics in the drinking water. Post-molt performance and egg quality criteria were also studied. Ninety 78-week-old Hy-line W36 laying hens were divided into two treatment groups according to equal body weight and subjected to induced molting by continuous feed removal until around 30% BW reduction. The experiment lasted 12 wks consisting of 4-wk molting and 8-wk post-molt periods. Treatment 1 received no probiotics and was considered as the control. Treatment 2 was similar to the control except that hens received probiotics in the drinking water at 400 mg/L during feed deprivation. The results indicated that hens in both groups went out of production by Day 5. However, hens received probiotics reached 5 and 50% egg production sooner than the control (30 and 52 days vs. 31 and 54 days). Starvation during molting increased heterophil to lymphocyte (H/L) ratio, hematocrit and plasma T4 and $Na^+$ levels while plasma T3 and Cl- levels were decreased. Probiotics had no significant impact on BW reduction during molt. Post-molt egg production and egg mass were higher in hens which previously received probiotics, but these responses were not significant. However, feed conversion ratio was significantly better in hens which received probiotics. Hematocrit, plasma thyroid hormone concentrations (T3 and T4) and plasma $Na^+$, $K^+$ and Cl- levels during molting were not significantly influenced by supplementation of probiotics. However, H/L ratio showed a significant (p<0.05) reduction in birds which received probiotics suggesting beneficial effects of this product for feed-deprived laying hens. No significant difference was observed in post-molt egg quality criteria.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2008

본 연구는 산란계의 환우 유도와 환우 후의 생산성에 대한 환우용 사료의 영향을 평가하기 위해 수행하였다. ISA Brown 81수(62주령)를 무작위로 세 처리구(2개의 환우 시험구와 1 개의 대조구)로 분류하였다. 시험 개시 4주 동안은 적응 기간으로 하였으며, 대조구는 시험 기간 동안 옥수수-대두박 위주의 기초 사료를 자유 섭취하였다. 환우 처리구는 절식에 의한 처리구(절식 환우구)와 급여에 의한 처리구(급이 환우구)로 구분하였다. 환우구는 2주 동안 절식시킨 후, 1주 동안은 산란계 기초 사료로 대체한 다음 자유 급여하였다. 급이 환우구는 옥수수, 소맥피, 단백피 위주의 저단백질, 저에너지(CP 13.2%, ME 2,196 kal/kg) 사료를 4주 동안 급여한 후, 산란계 기초 사료를 자유 섭취하였다. 시험 기간 동안, 산란율, 계란품질, 사료 섭취량, 난포 수란관의 무게가 측정되었다. 환우기간 동안에 급이 환우구의 사료 섭취량은 대조구에 비해 낮았으며, 체중은 환우 처리구에서 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다. 산란율은 절식 환우구에서는 4일까지 0%로 감소하였으나, 급이 환우구에서는 10일까지 9.3%로 감소하였다. 환우 14일째, 환우 처리구의 난포 수란관의 무게는 대조구보다 낮게 나타났다. 환우 후, 환우 처리구의 산란율과 난가 두께가 향상되었으나, 처리구간에 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 급이 환우구의 난중은 절식 환우구의 난중보다 무겁게 나타났다. 결론적으로, 저단백질 저에너지 사료가 환우 유도와 환우 후의 생산성을 효과적으로 개선시키지만, 에너지 수준에 따른 환우용 사료에 대한 연구가 더욱 요구된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1715-1724
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• 2019

Objective: As laying hens become aged, laying performance and egg quality are generally impaired. One of the practical methods to rejuvenate production and egg quality of aged laying hens with decreasing productivity is a forced molting. However, the changes in intestinal microbiota after forced molting of aged hens are not clearly known. The aim of the present study was to analyze the changes in excreta bacterial communities after forced molting of aged laying hens. Methods: A total of one hundred 66-wk-old Hy-Line Brown laying hens were induced to molt by a 2-d water removal and an 11-d fasting until egg production completely ceased. The excreta samples of 16 hens with similar body weight were collected before and immediately after molting. Excreta bacterial communities were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes. Results: Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria were the three major bacterial phyla in pre-molting and immediate post-molting hens, accounting for more than 98.0%. Lactobacillus genus had relatively high abundance in both group, but decreased by molting (62.3% in premolting and 24.9% in post-molting hens). Moreover, pathogenic bacteria such as Enterococcus cecorum and Escherichia coli were more abundant in immediate post-molting hens than in pre-molting hens. Forced molting influenced the alpha diversity, with higher Chao1 (p = 0.012), phylogenetic diversity whole tree (p = 0.014), observed operational taxonomic unit indices (p = 0.006), and Simpson indices (p<0.001), which indicated that forced molting increased excreta bacterial richness of aged laying hens. Conclusion: This study improves the current knowledge of bacterial community alterations in the excreta by forced molting in aged laying hens, which can provide increasing opportunity to develop novel dietary and management skills for improving the gastrointestinal health of aged laying hens after molting.

• 한국가금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가금학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표논문집
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• pp.130-132
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• 2002

본 실험은 산란노계에서 강제환우 후에 단백질과 에너지수준이 다른 사료를 급여시에 생산성에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 실행하였다. 76주령 이사브라운 노계를 강제환우후에 2수준의 단백질(15,17%)과 3수준의 대사에너지(2,750, 2,800, 2,850kca1/kg)를 2$\times$3요인 시험으로 처리구당 72수, 반복당 18수, 전체 432수를 배치하였다. 조사항목은 체중의 변화, 산란율, 난중, 사료섭취량, 사료요구율을 24주간 조사하였다. 체중은 2,800 kca1/kg ME 처리구에서 낮은 경향을 보였으며 이러한 처리구의 단백질 수준이 15%일 때 산란율이 가장 높게 나타났다. 사료섭취량은 사료의 대사에너지와 단백질 수준이 높아질수록 감소되었다. 본 실험의 결과 2,800 kca1/kg 대사에너지 급여구에서 15%의 단백질이 함유된 사료를 급여시에 체중의 변화가 적었으며, 산란율이 가장 높게 나타났다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2003

본 연구는 대사에너지(ME)와 조단백질(CP) 수준이 강제환우를 실행한 산란노계의 생산성과 난품질에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 강제환우를 실시한 66주령의 이사브라운 산란계 432수 ME 3 수준(2,750, 2,800, 2,850 kcal/kg)과 CP 2수준(15, 17%)의 전체 6 종류 실험사료를 급여하였다. 조사항목으로 ME와 CP의 수준에 따른 산란율과 난중, 사료섭취량을 24주간 측정하였으며, 1일 산란양과 사료요구율을 조사하였다. 난품질은 산란시기별로 5, 50%, 산란피크, 피크 후기, 실험 종료시에 각각 Haugh unit과 난황색, 파각강도를 측정하였다. 산란율은 ME 2,800 kcal/kg과 CP 15%를 급여한 처리구에서 다른 처리구에 비하여 현저하게 높았다(P<0.05). 난중은 ME 2,800 kcal/kg을 급여한 닭에서 증가하는 경향을 나타났다. 1일 산란양은 CP 15%와 ME 2,800 kcal/kg을 섭취한 처리구에서 높은 경향을 나타냈다. 사료섭취량은 ME와 CP의 수준이 증가할수록 현저하게 감소하였다 (P<0.05). 난황색은 CP 17%를 급여한 처리구에서 CP 15% 처리구에 비하여 현저히 개선되었으며, CP 17%와 ME 2,800 또는 2,850 kcal/kg 급여구에서 높은 경향을 나타냈다. 파각강도는 CP 15%와 ME 2,800 kcal/kg을 급여한 닭에서 증가하였다. 본 연구의 결과 강제 환우계에서 산란율과 난품질을 극대화 할 수 있는 사료내 최적의 ME와 CP는 15%와 2,800 kcal/kg 수준으로 사료된다.