Digestible tryptophan:lysine ratio for laying hens
2012
Lima, Matheus Ramalho de(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia) | Costa, Fernando Guilherme Perazzo(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia) | Guerra, Ricardo Romão(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia) | Silva, José Humberto Vilar da(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia) | Rabello, Carlos Bôa-Viagem(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia) | Miglino, Maria Angelica(Universidade de São Paulo FMVZ) | Nogueira, Eduardo Terra(Ajinomoto Biolatina Industria e Comercio Ltda) | Pinheiro, Sarah Gomes(Universidade Federal da Paraiba Departamento de Zootecnia)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the requirement of digestible tryptophan for white laying hens in the production stage fed diets of different digestible tryptophan:digestible lysine ratios, as well as animal performance and histological alterations in their reproductive and digestive systems. A total of 280 white laying hens at 29 weeks of age were distributed in a completely randomized design with five treatments and seven replications with eight birds in each. The treatments consisted of a base feed, formulated with corn, soybean meal and corn gluten meal, and supplemented with the synthetic amino acids L-lysine, DL-methionine, L-threonine, L-isoleucine, L-arginine, and L-valine, so as to meet the nutritional requirements for laying hens, except for digestible tryptophan. The basal diet was supplemented with 0.00; 0.017; 0.035; 0.052; and 0.069 g/kg of L-tryptophan in substitution for corn starch with the objective of reaching the levels of 0.151; 0.167; 0.183; 0.199; and 0.215 g/kg of digestible tryptophan in the feed. For the ratio between digestible amino acids and lysine, the recommendation of Brazilian Tables for Poultry and Swine was followed, except for the digestible tryptophan:digestible lysine ratios, which were 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 for each treatment. The variation in the digestible tryptophan:digestible lysine ratio promoted changes in performance and in the histological characteristics, improving the results. The digestible tryptophan:digestible lysine ratio of 24.5% in the feed of white laying hens in production stage promotes better animal performance and histological results.
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