Effects of dietary barley inclusion and glucanase supplementation on the production performance, egg quality and digestive functions in laying ducks

Autor: Wei Chen, Shuang Wang, Runsheng Xu, Weiguang Xia, Dong Ruan, Yanan Zhang, Khaled A.F. Mohammed, Mahmoud M.M. Azzam, Ahmed M. Fouad, Kaichao Li, Xuebing Huang, Shenglin Wang, Chuntian Zheng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Animal Nutrition, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 176-184 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-6545
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.06.011
Popis: This study evaluated the effects of barley inclusion and glucanase supplementation on the productive performance and digestive function in laying ducks. The experiment used a randomized design with a 5 × 2 factorial arrangement of 5 graded levels of barley (0%, 15%, 30%, 45% and 60%) with or without 1.5 g/kg β-1,3-1,4-glucanase (15,000 U/kg). During the experimental period of 120 d, the weight and total number of eggs within each pen were recorded daily, and egg quality was determined every 4 wk. At the end of the experiment, 3 randomly selected ducks within each replicate were sacrificed, then duodenal digesta and jejunal mucosa was collected. Dietary inclusion of barley had no effects on egg production, daily egg mass or FCR, but supplementation with glucanase improved egg production and FCR (P
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