Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (1): 295-306.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.01.027

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Effects of Dietary Soybean Isoflavone Supplementation on Production of Laying Hens in Late Laying Period

WANG Beibei1,2(), WU Shugeng1,2, ZHANG Haihua3, ZHANG Haijun2, HAO Erying1,*(), QIU Kai2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    3. Hebei Key Laboratory of Specialty Animal Germplasm Resources Exploration and Innovation, Hebei Normal University of Science &Technology, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • Received:2024-03-15 Online:2025-01-23 Published:2025-01-18
  • Contact: HAO Erying, QIU Kai E-mail:349844424@qq.com;277179119@qq.com;qiukai@caas.cn

Abstract:

This experiment aimed to investigate the effects of three different kinds of soybean isoflavone (SIF) supplemented in diet on laying performance, egg quality, serum indexes, ovarian function and tibia quality of laying hens in late laying period. A total of 432 66-week-old Hyline brown laying hens with similar laying rate were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups with 6 replicates per group and 18 hens per replicate. The control group was fed a basal diet, the three experimental groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with one of the three soybean isoflavone products, respectively, namely SIF1, SIF2 and SIF3. The pre-trial period was 1 week and the trial period was 8 weeks. The results showed that: 1) Compared with the control group, dietary supplemented with SIF1 and SIF3 significantly increased the laying rate at weeks 1-4, 5-8 and 1-8 (P < 0.05); 2) Dietary supplemented with SIF1 and SIF3 significantly increased the Haugh unit at weeks 4 and 8 (P < 0.05) and dietary SIF1 significantly increased the egg protein height at week 8 (P < 0.05) compared to the control group; 3) Compared with the control group, dietary supplemented with SIF1 significantly decreased serum MDA content (P < 0.05), dietary SIF1 and SIF3 significantly increased the content of GSH-Px and E2 in serum (P < 0.05), dietary SIF3 supplementation significantly increased serum P4 content and serum Ca content (P < 0.05); 4) Dietary supplemented with SIF2 and SIF3 significantly increased the total number of follicles, the number of primary follicles, the number of secondary follicles, and the number of small white follicles (P < 0.05); 5) Dietary supplemented with SIF1, SIF2 and SIF3 significantly increased the content of calcium and phosphorus in tibia (P < 0.05). In conclusion, SIF may improve the performance and egg quality of laying hens in the late laying period by increasing the number of ovarian follicles, increasing the serum antioxidant capacity, the content of reproductive hormones and the content of calcium and phosphorus in tibia, and the improvement effects of different SIF products are different.

Key words: soybean isoflavone, late laying period, production performance, egg quality, laying hens

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