EFFECT OF MANNANOLIGOSSACHARIDES (MOS) AND ORGANIC ACID/MOS (OAM) ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANTIBIOTICS IN BROWN-EGG LAYING HENS DIETS

Authors

  • Carmen Lucia Garcez Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Fernando Rutz Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Paulo Roberto Dallmann Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Niedi Franz Zauk Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Marta Helena Dias da Silveira Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Rita de Albernaz Silva Goncalves Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Marcos Antonio Anciuti Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Patricia Rossi Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i2.3196

Keywords:

Animal Production

Abstract

The present study aimed to compare the productive performance of Isa Brown -egg laying hens (32 to 52 weeks of age) fed a corn-soybean meal diet. The birds were randomly allocated into individual cages (40 cages/treatment) in a total of 240 animals. Feed and water were provided ad libitum. Treatments consisted of: T1- control (basal diet=BD); T2- D + antibiotic; T3- BD + mannanoligosaccharide (MOS) (0.05%); T4- BD + antibiotic + MOS; T5- BD + organic acid/MOS (OAM) (0.1%) and T6- BD + antibiotic + OAM. Body weight, egg production, egg weight, egg mass, feed conversion/dozen eggs and per egg mass, internal quality of eggs (egg yolk color, albumen height, Haugh units), eggs external quality (specific gravity, egg shell percentage) and time of storage were not affected by dietary treatments. The data were subjected to ANOVA and the means were compared by Tukey test. Results indicated that birds fed OAM and MOS without antibiotic had lowest feed consumption, without altering laying performance.

KEYWORDS: Antibiotic, growth promoters, laying hens, mannanoligosaccharide, organic acids.

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Published

2010-06-22

How to Cite

RIBEIRO, Carmen Lucia Garcez; RUTZ, Fernando; DALLMANN, Paulo Roberto; ZAUK, Niedi Franz; SILVEIRA, Marta Helena Dias da; GONCALVES, Rita de Albernaz Silva; ANCIUTI, Marcos Antonio; ROSSI, Patricia. EFFECT OF MANNANOLIGOSSACHARIDES (MOS) AND ORGANIC ACID/MOS (OAM) ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANTIBIOTICS IN BROWN-EGG LAYING HENS DIETS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 2, p. 292–300, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i2.3196. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3196. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Animal Production