The effects of replacing wheat and soyabean meal with duckweed (Lemna minor) and including enzymes in the diet of laying hens on the yield and quality of eggs, biochemical parameters, and their antioxidant status
AbstractDuckweed is a rapidly growing aquatic plant, which could be used in the diet of laying hens to enhance carbon capture and improve land use efficiency. Digestion may be improved by supplementation with exogenous enzymes. We replaced soyabean meal and wheat with duckweed in a 10-week study with 432, 60-week-old Hy-Line W-36 layers, divided into six isocaloric and isonitrogenous dietary treatments, each with eight replicates. Two factors were investigated: first, duckweed substituted for wheat gluten meal and soyabean meal at 0, 7.5 and 15% of the diet, and second, with and without a multi-enzyme supplement (500 mg...
Source: Animal Science Journal - November 29, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Payam Baghban ‐Kanani,
Marianna Oteri,
Babak Hosseintabar‐Ghasemabad,
Saba Azimi‐Youvalari,
Ambra Rita Di Rosa,
Biagina Chiofalo,
Alireza Seidavi,
Clive J. C. Phillips Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Identification of 3 neutralizing linear epitopes on the VP8 outer capsid protein of group A equine rotavirus
This study demonstrated that antibodies raised against neutralizing epitopes of the ERVA VP8 protein could prevent ERVA infection in vitro. Based on these results and previous work in other animals, in vivo evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of anti-VP8 egg yolk antibodies is warranted.PMID:38029522 | DOI:10.2460/ajvr.23.08.0193 (Source: American Journal of Veterinary Research)
Source: American Journal of Veterinary Research - November 29, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Jill W Skrobarczyk Patricia Flores-Ahlschwede Laurie L Metcalfe Noah D Cohen Luc R Berghman Source Type: research
Molecules, Vol. 28, Pages 7836: Antioxidant Activity of Egg Yolk Protein Hydrolysates Obtained by Enzymatic and Sub-Critical Water Hydrolysis
In this study, non-soluble proteins obtained from delipidated egg yolk granules were hydrolyzed with trypsin, and with a non-enzymatic method using sub-critical water hydrolysis under a non-oxidizing (nitrogen) and oxidizing (oxygen) atmosphere. The effect of the sub-critical water hydrolysis on the amino acids’ composition of the hydrolysates was assessed. Furthermore, the antioxidant capacities of the hydrolysates were evaluated using the ABTS•+ scavenging assay, the DPPH radical scavenging activity assay, and by measuring the reducing power of the peptides, the peptides’ ferrous ...
Source: Molecules - November 29, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Ismael Marcet Mar ía Carpintero Manuel Rendueles Mario D íaz Tags: Article Source Type: research
