THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CRUDE FIBER ON DANDARAWI LAYING HENS PERFORMANCE, BLOOD SERUM, AND YOLK CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS

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Dept. of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

A trial was performed to study the effect of increasing dietary crude
fiber level on the performance, blood serum and yolk cholesterol
concentrations of Dandarawi laying hens. A total of one hundred twenty,
32 weeks old Dandarawi laying hens were randomly assigned to four
dietary treatments of 30 hens each (three replicate of 10 hens each).
Diets were formulated to have 3.01, 4.42, 6.52, and 8.46% crude fiber
(CF). The experiment prolonged for 3 months results indicated that
increasing dietary CF significantly increased feed efficiency while feed
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consumption was decreased. Dietary CF levels had no significant effect
on weight gain; egg mass, egg production, albumen and yolk weight.
Shell weight, percent and thickness were significantly decreased as
dietary CF increased. Milligrams yolk cholesterol per g of yolk
decreased as hens were fed increasing dietary CF levels. Total
cholesterol per yolk decreased by 5.06, 8.62 and 9.7 % at feeding CF
levels of 4.42, 6.52 and 8.46%, respectively; as compared to the control
diet (3.01CF). Serum cholesterol was significantly decreased when the
dietary CF was increased; the lowest reduction (29%) of cholesterol in
serum was found in hens fed diet contained 8.46% CF. In conclusion,
data reported in this study indicated that yolk and serum cholesterol was
reduced by increasing levels of CF. Furthermore, feeding clover hay as
fiber source in diet of Dandarawi laying hens reduced yolk cholesterol
without adversely affecting either egg production or egg mass
furthermore, feed efficiency was significantly improved.

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Dept. of Animal and Poultry Production,

Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

 

THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CRUDE FIBER ON DANDARAWI LAYING HENS PERFORMANCE, BLOOD SERUM, AND YOLK CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS

(With 4 Tables)

 

By

H.A. Mahmoud

(Received at 13/3/2008)

 

تأثير الألياف الخام فى العليقة على الأداء الإنتاجى وترکيز الکوليسترول فى سيرم الدم وصفار البيض لدجاج الدندراوى البياض

 

حسين عبد الفتاح محمود

 

أجريت هذه التجربة لدراسة تأثير زيادة مستوى الأياف الخام فى العليقة على الأداء الإنتاجى ومستوى الکوليسترول فى سيرم الدم وصفار البيض لدجاج الدندراوى البياض. أستخدم  120 طائر لهذه الدراسة وزعت عشوائيا على أربع معاملات غذائية بکل معاملة 30 طائر وأحتوت کل معاملة على 3 مکررات بکل مکررة 10 دجاجات. تم تکوين العلائق لتحتوى على 3.01, 4.42, 6.52 و 8.46% ألياف خام. أوضحت النتائج المتحصل عليها أن زيادة مستوى الأياف الخام فى العليقة أدى إلى إنخفاض معنوى فى إستهلاک العلف وزيادة فى الکفاءة الغذائية ولم يظهر التأثير العالى للألياف أى فروق معنوية فى وزن البيضة, کتلة البيض , انتاج البيض, وزن البياض أو الصفاربينما أدت المستويات العالية من الألياف إلى إنخفاض معنوى فى وزن القشرة وسمکها. مستوى الکوليسترول إنخفض فى صفار البيض بنسبة 5.06, 8.62 و 9.7% للدجاجات المغذاة على علائق إحتوت على 4.42, 6.52 و 8.46% ألياف خام على التوالى. کان أکبر إنخفاض فى کوليسترول  سيرم الدم للدجاجات التى غذيت على عليقة بها 8.46% ألياف خام. البيانات المتحصل عليها من هذه الدراسة لخصت أن التغذية على مستويات عالية من الألياف بإستخدام دريس البرسيم کمصدر للألياف لم يؤثرسلبيا على الأداء الإنتاجى لدجاج الدندراوى وأدى إلى تحسين الکفاءة الغذائية وإنخفاض مستوى الکوليسترول فى صفار البيض وسيرم الدم.                                                   

SUMMARY

 

A trial was performed to study the effect of increasing dietary crude fiber level on the performance, blood serum and yolk cholesterol concentrations of Dandarawi laying hens. A total of one hundred twenty, 32 weeks old Dandarawi laying hens were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments of 30 hens each (three replicate of 10 hens each). Diets were formulated to have 3.01, 4.42, 6.52, and 8.46% crude fiber (CF). The experiment prolonged for 3 months results indicated that increasing dietary CF significantly increased feed efficiency while feed consumption was decreased. Dietary CF levels had no significant effect on weight gain; egg mass, egg production, albumen and yolk weight. Shell weight, percent and thickness were significantly decreased as dietary CF increased. Milligrams yolk cholesterol per g of yolk decreased as hens were fed increasing dietary CF levels. Total cholesterol per yolk decreased by 5.06, 8.62 and 9.7 % at feeding CF levels of 4.42, 6.52 and 8.46%, respectively; as compared to the control diet (3.01CF). Serum cholesterol was significantly decreased when the dietary CF was increased; the lowest reduction (29%) of cholesterol in serum was found in hens fed diet contained 8.46% CF. In conclusion, data reported in this study indicated that yolk and serum cholesterol was reduced by increasing levels of CF. Furthermore, feeding clover hay as fiber source in diet of Dandarawi laying hens reduced yolk cholesterol without adversely affecting either egg production or egg mass furthermore, feed efficiency was significantly improved.    

 

Key words: Crude fiber, laying hens, cholesterol, performance,

Egg quality, Egg production.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

From the consumer’s point of view, fat is associated with poor dietetic quality and moreover, consumer awareness of correlation between saturated fat consumption and obesity or coronary heart disease has stimulated the demand for low fat products of animal origins. Laying hens generally are not fed products of animal origin and usually meet their bodies’ needs for cholesterol entirely by de novo synthesis. In addition, most of the cholesterol in laying hen plasma resides in the very low-density lipoprotein (VLDV) fraction (Elkin et al., 1999). As stated by Holden et al., (1989), the average cholesterol content of one large egg is 208 mg. Kritchevsky and Kritchevsky (2000) recommended that people should limit the consumption of eggs because of their high cholesterol content. Hence, the cholesterol scare may have created a severe negative influence on consumer’s attitude toward eggs. Diets containing high levels of fiber were associated with higher water content in the gastrointestinal tract and it is proposed that this improved welfare (Hocking et al., 2004). Bile acid excretion is the main eliminatory pathway of endogenous cholesterol. Increased bile acid excretion causes a decrease in the cholesterol pool and in blood cholesterol. Eastwood and Boyd (1967) observed in rats that bile salts appear to be bounded to fiber in the small intestine and therefore unavailable for bile salt reabsorption and enterohepatic recirculation. Increasing dietary fiber has been shown to significantly decrease serum cholesterol and/or artery deposition of plaque in humans (Trowell, 1972), rabbits (Kritchevsky et al., 1954), rat (Tsai, 1976), chicks (Fahrenbach et al., 1966 and Fisher and Griminger, 1967), turkeys (Simpson and Harms, 1969), and laying hens (Menge et al., 1974 and Hussein et al., (1976). Truk and Barnett (1972) found that alfalfa, when added to corn-soy laying hen diet, was most effective of the fiber sources tested for decreasing egg cholesterol with the least loss of egg size, feed efficiency, and egg production, while cellulose only slightly reduced egg cholesterol. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to determine the effect of fiber sources and level on yolk and serum cholesterol and performance of Dandarawi laying hens using natural fiber sources that might be added to practical laying hen diets.

 

MATERIALS and METHODS

 

This experiment was carried out at the Poultry Farm, Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University. One hundred twenty Dandarawi laying hens were 32 weeks old were divided into four groups of 30 birds each and housed individually in wire cages. A row of 10 cages was considered as one block per treatment. They were fed diets consisting of various levels of fiber (3.01, 4.42, 6.52, and 8.46 CF %) ad libitum over a 3 month experimental period.  All dietary treatments were isonitrogenous and isoenergetic. All birds subjected to photoperiod of 16 hours light and 8 h dark daily. Feed samples were taken and analyzed according to AOAC methods (1990). The composition of experimental diets used is shown in Table (1).

Egg production, fed consumption, feed efficiency, egg weight, egg quality and survivability were determined periodically throughout the experiment. At the end of 2nd and 3rd month of the experiment blood samples were collected from six randomly selected hens from each treatment. Serum was separated by centrifugation for 10 minutes (300 rpm) and stored in vials at -20ºC for later analyses. Frozen serum was thawed and assayed for cholesterol values by enzymatic colorimetric test (CHOD-PAP) using commercial kits purchased from Bioub (Germany). Yolk cholesterol was determined in eggs laid in the last three days the of second and third month of the experiment. Collected eggs were broken and yolk separated and weighed, then pooled and frozen at -18 ºC until analyzed in duplicate samples. Yolk cholesterol was extracted according to the method of Folich et al., (1956) as modified by Washburn and Nix 91974) and estimated by the method of Zlatkis et al. (1953) using a cholesterol diagnostic kit.   

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on the yield data using the general linear model (GLM) of Statistical Analysis System (SAS, 1992). The analysis was carried out according to the following model:

  Yij= µ + Li + +Eij

Where Yij is the observation of the CF levels, µ is the overall mean, Li is the effect of CF level, and Eij is the random error. When a significant effect (P<0.05)was proved, differences between treatment means were tested for significant by least squares means (LSM) or  Duncan's test as explained by Steel and Torrie (1960).           

 

REULTS

 

Table 1: Composition of the experimental diets

 

Ingredient

Diet1 (Control)

Diet 2

Diet 3

Diet 4

Ground yellow corn(8.5% CP

58.21

51.94

40.60

29.87

Soybean meal(44% CP)

27.70

25.80

24.46

23.00

Clover hay meal

00

6.22

15.60

24.65

Mixed oil

3.05

5.00

8.30

11.44

Dicalcium phosphate

1.74

1.74

1.74

1.74

Limestone

8.50

8.50

8.50

8.50

Salt

0.35

0.35

0.35

0.35

Premix*

0.23

0.23

0.23

0.23

DL-Methionine(99%)

0.22

0.22

0.22

0.22

Total

100

100

100

100

 

 

 

 

 

Calculated analysis

 

 

 

 

ME, Kcal/Kg

2842

2840

2840

2840

CP%

17.10

17.03

16.94

16.90

Crude fiber

3.01

4.42

6.52

8.46

Ether Extract

5.44

7.30

10.35

13.25

Calcium %

3.54

3.52

3.50

3.50

Available phosphorus %

0.52

0.52

0.52

0.52

 

Each package of 1 kg contain: 2million IU vit. A; 1.5million IU vit. D; 330 mg vit. K; 830 mg vit. E;20000 mg CholineChloride; 830 mg Nicotinc Acid; 35 mg vit. B6; 330 mg vit. B1; 1000 mg vit. B2; 1.75 mg vit. B12; 35 mg Biotin; 85 mg Folic Acid; 335 mg Panyotheinic Acid6670 mg Mg; 500 mg Cu; 35 mg I; 17 mg Se; 12500 mg Fe5000 mg Mn; 11660 mg Zn; 17 mg Cobalt.

 

  Table 2: Effect of Different Levels of Crude Fiber on Blood                            Serum and Egg Yolk Cholesterol Levels.

 

Dietary treatments

Cholesterol values

  Serum (mg/ 100ml)                       Yolk (mg/g)

3.01% CF

137.36±12.2a

12.06±0.2 a

4.42% CF

118.58±13.1ab

11.45±0.0 a

6.52% CF

106.41±10.42a

11.02±0.1b

8.46% CF

97.37±11.7cb

              10.89±0.4b

Significance

*

*

 

ab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are  significantly different  (P<0.05)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISUCSSION

 

Laying hen's performance: Table (3) summarized the effects of dietary crude fiber on body weight, egg number, egg production, egg mass, feed intake, feed efficiency and survivability. Body weight gain of hens was not significantly (P<0.05) affected by increasing dietary crude fiber. This result is in agreement with that of Hammad, (2005), Abdel-Azeem (2005) and Vargas and Naber (1984). Feed intake of birds fed dietary fiber at levels of 5 and 7% was significantly decreased when compared to the control group. Similar findings were reported by Abdel-Azeem (2005); Chaturvedi and Singh (2000); Wess and Scot (1978) and James (1978). However, feed efficiency was significantly increased as CF was increased. Compared with other dietary groups, fed high dietary CF the level of 8.46% crude fiber showed a little improvement in feed efficiency. These results agreed with those of Adeyemi and Familade (2003) and Hetland (2003) who reported that the coarse insoluble fiber could improve feed conversion if poultry fed highly fiber diets. Improvement of feed efficiency is thought to be due partly to increase digestibility of starch and may be due to increase of gizzard activity.

Insignificant decrease was showed in egg mass and egg number per hen when the hens received high fiber diets. These results are in agreement with those obtained by Roth-Maier and Krichgessner (1998), they concluded that maize-cob-mix with up to 7% crude fiber can be used successfully as energy source for laying hens. No significant differences were observed in egg production due to crude fiber levels. The obtained results are in agreement with the findings of Vargas and Naber (1984); Hennig et al., (1990); Piliang (1990), and Hammad (2005). According to survivability, no significance effects were detected among dietary fiber.

Egg quality traits: The results of egg quality measurements as affected by dietary fiber levels are presented in Table (4). No significant differences in albumen, yolk weight, and yolk index were fond due to diets fiber contents variation. Results reported herein are in harmony with those obtained by Abdel-Azeem (2005) and Hammad (2005). However, shell weight and shell thickness significantly decreased as dietary fiber increased in the diet of laying hens. This result was disagreed with those of Roberts (2004); Adeyemi and Familade (2003) and Abdel-Azeem (2005) who found that dietary crude fiber did not influence shell thickness.

In conclusion, the data reported herein indicated that the dietary crude fiber led to a significant increase in feed efficiency, while feed intake and shell thickness were decreased. Dietary crude fiber had no significant effects on weight gain, egg mass, egg production, yolk, albumen weight and yolk index.

Serum and egg yolk cholesterol: The effect of various level of fiber upon serum and egg cholesterol values is shown in Table (2). Egg weight were separated into two distinct egg weight 40 ± 2g or 45 ± 2g  and egg yolk cholesterol was determined in each group. Eggs of similar weights were taken in order to delete any possible interaction of egg weight and yolk cholesterol. Milligrams yolk cholesterol per g of yolk decreased as hens were fed increasing dietary fiber levels. Total cholesterol per yolk decreased by 5.06, 8.62 and 9.7 % at feeding dietary crude fiber levels of 4.42, 6.52 and 8.46% respectively; as compared to the control diet. Also, serum cholesterol was significantly decreased when the dietary CF was increased, the lowest reduction (29%) in serum was found in hens fed diet contained 8.46% CF. Although dietary fat increased as dietary fiber increased (Table 1), the conclusion reached was that only dietary fiber influenced yolk cholesterol. Miller and Katsoulis (1974) found no significant differences in ether blood serum or egg yolk cholesterol concentration with increasing dietary animal fat. The results obtained from this study are in agreement with those by Weiss and Scott (1979) who reported that the alfalfa meal produced a significant lowering in plasma cholesterol in the hens. Hargis (1988) reported that fiber influences cholesterol, binding with the bile salts in the intestinal tract, shortening intestinal transit time and increasing fecal sterol excretion. Alfalfa meal, when added to corn-soy laying hen diet, was the most effective of fiber sources tested for reducing egg cholesterol with the least loss of egg size, feed efficiency, and egg production (Turk and Barnett, 1972). The results obtained from Story Krtichevsky (1976) indicated that cellulose bound an average of 1.4% of all the bile acids tested, whereas alfalfa bounded 15.9%; thus alfalfa was most successful in reducing bile acid. Data reported in this study indicated that yolk cholesterol was reduced with increasing levels of dietary fiber. Furthermore, feeding alfalfa as fiber source in the diet of Dandarawi laying hens reduced yolk cholesterol without adversely affecting either egg production or egg mass.

 

 

 

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Table 3: Effect of dietary crude fiber on Dandarawi laying hens performance

 

Dietary treatment

Initial body weight (g)

Final body weight (g)

Body weight gain (g)

Feed intake (g/day)

Egg weight (g)

Egg number / 30 day

Egg mass

 (g/ 30day)

Egg production (%)

Feed efficiency (g egg/g feed)

Survivability (%)

3.01% CF

1507±54

1901±46a

394±42b

124.2±1.4a

46.86±0.19

17.3±0.7

810.68±28

57.67±1.7

0.22±0.01a

100

4.42% CF

1522±49

1924±56

402±54b

92.6±1.8 b

44.32±0.21

16.9±0.4

749.00±37

56.33±2.4

0.27±0.01b

100

6.52% CF

1486±52

1851±53

365±26a

85.3±1.9 b

42.97±0.36

16.5±0.6

709.00±25

55.00±1.9

0.28±0.03b

100

8.46% CF

    1502±50

1863±45

 361±40

75.2±2.0c

41.13±0.45

16.1±0.8

662.19±23

53.67±2.6

0.29±0.01b

100

Significance

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

NS

 

ab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are significantly different( P<0.05)

Statistical significant by analysis of variance, NS = not significant

                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Table 4: Effect of dietary crude fiber on egg quality traits of Dandarawi laying hens performance 

 

Dietary treatment

Egg weight (g)

Albumen weight (g)

Albumen

 (%)

Yolk weight (g)

Yolk

(%)

Shell

weight

(g)

Shell

(%)

Shell thickness

mm

Yolk

Index

(%)

3.01% CF

46.6±2.2

22.55±0.21

48.39±0.82

15.72±0.29

33.73±0.28

5.96±0.08a

12.79±0.45a

0.35±0.01a

48.77±1.43

4.42% CF

44. 2±2.3

21.92±027

49.59±0.64

14.35±0.32

32.47±0.39

5.14±0.16a

11.62±o.37b

   0.31±0.01b

47.95±1.56

6.52% CF

 41.3±2.7

19.43±0.12

47.10±0.46

14.33±0.34

34.74±0.36

4.27±0.11b

10.35±0.63b

0.28±0.0b

45.13±1.23

8.46% CF

40.2±1.2

19.82±0.18

49.25±0.97

13.86±0.11

34.44±0.63

4.12±0.05b

10.23±0.72b

0.24±0.0c

45.32±1.22

Significance

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

*

*

*

NS

 

ab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are significantly different( P<0.05)

 

Statistical significant by analysis of variance, NS = not significant

Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20081Dept. of Animal and Poultry Production,Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, EgyptTHE EFFECT OF DIETARY CRUDE FIBER ONDANDARAWI LAYING HENS PERFORMANCE,BLOOD SERUM, AND YOLK CHOLESTEROLCONCENTRATIONS(With 4 Tables)ByH.A. MAHMOUD(Received at 13/3/2008)تأثير الألياف الخام فى العليقة على الأداء الإنتاجى وترکيز الکوليسترول فىسيرم الدم وصفار البيض لدجاج الدندراوى البياضحسين عبد الفتاح محمودأجريت هذه التجربة لدراسة تأثير زيادة مستوى الأياا الاااف ال القةيعاة اةال الأدا الإنتااجلومستوى الکوليسترول ل سيرف الدف وصفار البيض لدجاج الدندراوى البيااض أساتادف 021طائر لهذه الدراسة وزات اشوائيا اةل أربع مقاملات غذائية بکل مقامةة 01 طاائر وأتتاوت, کل مقامةة اةل 0 مکررات بکل مکررة 01 دجاجات تف تکوين القلائا لتتتاوى اةال 001020.2 و 60.2 % أليااا ااااف أواااتت النتااائ المتتصاال اةيهااا أن زيااادة مسااتوى ,.0.2الأيااا الااااف اال القةيعااة أدى الاال انافاااض مقنااوى اال اسااتهلاا القةاا وزيااادة اال الکفااا ةالغذائياة ولاف يرهار التاأثير القاالل لألياا أى ارو مقنوياة ال وزن البيااة, کتةاة البايض ,انتاج البايض, وزن البيااض أو الصافاربينما أدت المساتويات القالياة مان الألياا الال انافااضمقنااوى اال وزن العشاارة وساامکها مسااتوى الکوليسااترول انافااض اال صاافار الباايض بنساابة20.2 و ,. 6022 و 709 % لةاااادجاجات المغااااذاة اةاااال الائاااا اتتااااوت اةاااال 0.2 ,.012%60.2 أليا ااف اةل التاوالل کاان أکبار انافااض ال کوليساترول سايرف الادف لةادجاجاتالتال غاذيت اةال اةيعاة بهاا 60.2 % ألياا اااف البياناات المتتصال اةيهاا مان هاذه الدراساةلاصت أن التغذية اةل مستويات االية من الأليا بإستاداف دريس البرسايف کمصادر لألياالف يؤثرسةبيا اةل الأدا الإنتاجل لدجاج الدندراوى وأدى الل تتسين الکفا ة الغذائية وانافاضمساااااااااااااااتوى الکوليساااااااااااااااترول ااااااااااااااال صااااااااااااااافار البااااااااااااااايض وسااااااااااااااايرف الااااااااااااااادفSUMMARYA trial was performed to study the effect of increasing dietary crudefiber level on the performance, blood serum and yolk cholesterolconcentrations of Dandarawi laying hens. A total of one hundred twenty,32 weeks old Dandarawi laying hens were randomly assigned to fourdietary treatments of 30 hens each (three replicate of 10 hens each).Diets were formulated to have 3.01, 4.42, 6.52, and 8.46% crude fiber(CF). The experiment prolonged for 3 months results indicated thatincreasing dietary CF significantly increased feed efficiency while feedAssiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20082consumption was decreased. Dietary CF levels had no significant effecton weight gain; egg mass, egg production, albumen and yolk weight.Shell weight, percent and thickness were significantly decreased asdietary CF increased. Milligrams yolk cholesterol per g of yolkdecreased as hens were fed increasing dietary CF levels. Totalcholesterol per yolk decreased by 5.06, 8.62 and 9.7 % at feeding CFlevels of 4.42, 6.52 and 8.46%, respectively; as compared to the controldiet (3.01CF). Serum cholesterol was significantly decreased when thedietary CF was increased; the lowest reduction (29%) of cholesterol inserum was found in hens fed diet contained 8.46% CF. In conclusion,data reported in this study indicated that yolk and serum cholesterol wasreduced by increasing levels of CF. Furthermore, feeding clover hay asfiber source in diet of Dandarawi laying hens reduced yolk cholesterolwithout adversely affecting either egg production or egg massfurthermore, feed efficiency was significantly improved.Key words: Crude fiber, laying hens, cholesterol, performance,Egg quality, Egg production.INTRODUCTIONFrom the consumer’s point of view, fat is associated with poordietetic quality and moreover, consumer awareness of correlationbetween saturated fat consumption and obesity or coronary heart diseasehas stimulated the demand for low fat products of animal origins. Layinghens generally are not fed products of animal origin and usually meettheir bodies’ needs for cholesterol entirely by de novo synthesis. Inaddition, most of the cholesterol in laying hen plasma resides in the verylow-density lipoprotein (VLDV) fraction (Elkin et al., 1999). As statedby Holden et al., (1989), the average cholesterol content of one large eggis 208 mg. Kritchevsky and Kritchevsky (2000) recommended thatpeople should limit the consumption of eggs because of their highcholesterol content. Hence, the cholesterol scare may have created asevere negative influence on consumer’s attitude toward eggs. Dietscontaining high levels of fiber were associated with higher water contentin the gastrointestinal tract and it is proposed that this improved welfare(Hocking et al., 2004). Bile acid excretion is the main eliminatorypathway of endogenous cholesterol. Increased bile acid excretion causesa decrease in the cholesterol pool and in blood cholesterol. Eastwoodand Boyd (1967) observed in rats that bile salts appear to be bounded tofiber in the small intestine and therefore unavailable for bile saltreabsorption and enterohepatic recirculation. Increasing dietary fiber hasbeen shown to significantly decrease serum cholesterol and/or arteryAssiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20083deposition of plaque in humans (Trowell, 1972), rabbits (Kritchevsky etal., 1954), rat (Tsai, 1976), chicks (Fahrenbach et al., 1966 and Fisherand Griminger, 1967), turkeys (Simpson and Harms, 1969), and layinghens (Menge et al., 1974 and Hussein et al., (1976). Truk and Barnett(1972) found that alfalfa, when added to corn-soy laying hen diet, wasmost effective of the fiber sources tested for decreasing egg cholesterolwith the least loss of egg size, feed efficiency, and egg production, whilecellulose only slightly reduced egg cholesterol. Therefore, thisexperiment was conducted to determine the effect of fiber sources andlevel on yolk and serum cholesterol and performance of Dandarawilaying hens using natural fiber sources that might be added to practicallaying hen diets.MATERIALS and METHODSThis experiment was carried out at the Poultry Farm, Animal andPoultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, AssiutUniversity. One hundred twenty Dandarawi laying hens were 32 weeksold were divided into four groups of 30 birds each and housedindividually in wire cages. A row of 10 cages was considered as oneblock per treatment. They were fed diets consisting of various levels offiber (3.01, 4.42, 6.52, and 8.46 CF %) ad libitum over a 3 monthexperimental period. All dietary treatments were isonitrogenous andisoenergetic. All birds subjected to photoperiod of 16 hours light and 8 hdark daily. Feed samples were taken and analyzed according to AOACmethods (1990). The composition of experimental diets used is shown inTable (1).Egg production, fed consumption, feed efficiency, egg weight,egg quality and survivability were determined periodically throughoutthe experiment. At the end of 2nd and 3rd month of the experiment bloodsamples were collected from six randomly selected hens from eachtreatment. Serum was separated by centrifugation for 10 minutes (300rpm) and stored in vials at -20ºC for later analyses. Frozen serum wasthawed and assayed for cholesterol values by enzymatic colorimetric test(CHOD-PAP) using commercial kits purchased from Bioub (Germany).Yolk cholesterol was determined in eggs laid in the last three days the ofsecond and third month of the experiment. Collected eggs were brokenand yolk separated and weighed, then pooled and frozen at -18 ºC untilanalyzed in duplicate samples. Yolk cholesterol was extracted accordingto the method of Folich et al., (1956) as modified by Washburn and Nix91974) and estimated by the method of Zlatkis et al. (1953) using acholesterol diagnostic kit.Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20084Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed on the yield datausing the general linear model (GLM) of Statistical Analysis System(SAS, 1992). The analysis was carried out according to the followingmodel:Yij= μ + Li + +EijWhere Yij is the observation of the CF levels, μ is the overallmean, Li is the effect of CF level, and Eij is the random error. When asignificant effect (P<0.05) was proved, differences between treatmentmeans were tested for significant by least squares means (LSM) orDuncan's test as explained by Steel and Torrie (1960).REULTSTable 1: Composition of the experimental dietsIngredient Diet1(Control)Diet 2 Diet 3 Diet 4Ground yellow corn(8.5% CP 58.21 51.94 40.60 29.87Soybean meal(44% CP) 27.70 25.80 24.46 23.00Clover hay meal 00 6.22 15.60 24.65Mixed oil 3.05 5.00 8.30 11.44Dicalcium phosphate 1.74 1.74 1.74 1.74Limestone 8.50 8.50 8.50 8.50Salt 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.35Premix* 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23DL-Methionine(99%) 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22Total 100 100 100 100Calculated analysisME, Kcal/Kg 2842 2840 2840 2840CP% 17.10 17.03 16.94 16.90Crude fiber 3.01 4.42 6.52 8.46Ether Extract 5.44 7.30 10.35 13.25Calcium % 3.54 3.52 3.50 3.50Available phosphorus % 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52Each package of 1 kg contain: 2million IU vit. A; 1.5million IU vit. D; 330 mg vit. K; 830 mg vit. E;20000 mgCholineChloride; 830 mg Nicotinc Acid; 35 mg vit. B6; 330 mg vit. B1; 1000 mg vit. B2; 1.75 mg vit. B12; 35 mg Biotin;85 mg Folic Acid; 335 mg Panyotheinic Acid6670 mg Mg; 500 mg Cu; 35 mg I; 17 mg Se; 12500 mg Fe5000 mg Mn;11660 mg Zn; 17 mg Cobalt.Table 2: Effect of Different Levels of Crude Fiber on BloodSerum and Egg Yolk Cholesterol Levels.Dietary treatments Cholesterol valuesSerum (mg/ 100ml) Yolk (mg/g)3.01% CF 137.36±12.2a 12.06±0.2 a4.42% CF 118.58±13.1ab 11.45±0.0 a6.52% CF 106.41±10.42a 11.02±0.1b8.46% CF 97.37±11.7cb 10.89±0.4bSignificance * *ab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are significantly different(P<0.05)Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20085Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20086DISUCSSIONLaying hen's performance: Table (3) summarized the effects of dietarycrude fiber on body weight, egg number, egg production, egg mass, feedintake, feed efficiency and survivability. Body weight gain of hens wasnot significantly (P<0.05) affected by increasing dietary crude fiber.This result is in agreement with that of Hammad, (2005), Abdel-Azeem(2005) and Vargas and Naber (1984). Feed intake of birds fed dietaryfiber at levels of 5 and 7% was significantly decreased when comparedto the control group. Similar findings were reported by Abdel-Azeem(2005); Chaturvedi and Singh (2000); Wess and Scot (1978) and James(1978). However, feed efficiency was significantly increased as CF wasincreased. Compared with other dietary groups, fed high dietary CF thelevel of 8.46% crude fiber showed a little improvement in feedefficiency. These results agreed with those of Adeyemi and Familade(2003) and Hetland (2003) who reported that the coarse insoluble fibercould improve feed conversion if poultry fed highly fiber diets.Improvement of feed efficiency is thought to be due partly to increasedigestibility of starch and may be due to increase of gizzard activity.Insignificant decrease was showed in egg mass and egg numberper hen when the hens received high fiber diets. These results are inagreement with those obtained by Roth-Maier and Krichgessner (1998),they concluded that maize-cob-mix with up to 7% crude fiber can beused successfully as energy source for laying hens. No significantdifferences were observed in egg production due to crude fiber levels.The obtained results are in agreement with the findings of Vargas andNaber (1984); Hennig et al., (1990); Piliang (1990), and Hammad(2005). According to survivability, no significance effects were detectedamong dietary fiber.Egg quality traits: The results of egg quality measurements as affectedby dietary fiber levels are presented in Table (4). No significantdifferences in albumen, yolk weight, and yolk index were fond due todiets fiber contents variation. Results reported herein are in harmonywith those obtained by Abdel-Azeem (2005) and Hammad (2005).However, shell weight and shell thickness significantly decreased asdietary fiber increased in the diet of laying hens. This result wasdisagreed with those of Roberts (2004); Adeyemi and Familade (2003)and Abdel-Azeem (2005) who found that dietary crude fiber did notinfluence shell thickness.Assiut Vet. Med. J. Vol. 54 No. 117 April 20087In conclusion, the data reported herein indicated that the dietarycrude fiber led to a significant increase in feed efficiency, while feedintake and shell thickness were decreased. Dietary crude fiber had nosignificant effects on weight gain, egg mass, egg production, yolk,albumen weight and yolk index.Serum and egg yolk cholesterol: The effect of various level of fiberupon serum and egg cholesterol values is shown in Table (2). Eggweight were separated into two distinct egg weight 40 ± 2g or 45 ± 2gand egg yolk cholesterol was determined in each group. Eggs of similarweights were taken in order to delete any possible interaction of eggweight and yolk cholesterol. Milligrams yolk cholesterol per g of yolkdecreased as hens were fed increasing dietary fiber levels. Totalcholesterol per yolk decreased by 5.06, 8.62 and 9.7 % at feeding dietarycrude fiber levels of 4.42, 6.52 and 8.46% respectively; as compared tothe control diet. Also, serum cholesterol was significantly decreasedwhen the dietary CF was increased, the lowest reduction (29%) in serumwas found in hens fed diet contained 8.46% CF. Although dietary fatincreased as dietary fiber increased (Table 1), the conclusion reachedwas that only dietary fiber influenced yolk cholesterol. Miller andKatsoulis (1974) found no significant differences in ether blood serum oregg yolk cholesterol concentration with increasing dietary animal fat.The results obtained from this study are in agreement with those byWeiss and Scott (1979) who reported that the alfalfa meal produced asignificant lowering in plasma cholesterol in the hens. Hargis (1988)reported that fiber influences cholesterol, binding with the bile salts inthe intestinal tract, shortening intestinal transit time and increasing fecalsterol excretion. Alfalfa meal, when added to corn-soy laying hen diet,was the most effective of fiber sources tested for reducing eggcholesterol with the least loss of egg size, feed efficiency, and eggproduction (Turk and Barnett, 1972). 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Vol. 54 No. 117 April 200812Table 3: Effect of dietary crude fiber on Dandarawi laying hens performanceDietarytreatmentInitial bodyweight (g)Final bodyweight (g)Body weightgain (g)Feed intake(g/day)Egg weight(g)Egg number/ 30 dayEgg mass(g/ 30day)Eggproduction(%)Feedefficiency (gegg/g feed)Survivability(%)3.01% CF 1507±54 1901±46a 394±42b 124.2±1.4a 46.86±0.19 17.3±0.7 810.68±28 57.67±1.7 0.22±0.01a 1004.42% CF 1522±49 1924±56 402±54b 92.6±1.8 b 44.32±0.21 16.9±0.4 749.00±37 56.33±2.4 0.27±0.01b 1006.52% CF 1486±52 1851±53 365±26a 85.3±1.9 b 42.97±0.36 16.5±0.6 709.00±25 55.00±1.9 0.28±0.03b 1008.46% CF 1502±50 1863±45 361±40 75.2±2.0c 41.13±0.45 16.1±0.8 662.19±23 53.67±2.6 0.29±0.01b 100Significance NS NS NS * NS NS NS NS * NSab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are significantly different( P<0.05)Statistical significant by analysis of variance, NS = not significantTable 4: Effect of dietary crude fiber on egg quality traits of Dandarawi laying hens performanceDietarytreatmentEgg weight(g)Albumenweight (g)Albumen(%)Yolk weight(g)Yolk(%)Shellweight(g)Shell(%)Shell thicknessmmYolkIndex(%)3.01% CF 46.6±2.2 22.55±0.21 48.39±0.82 15.72±0.29 33.73±0.28 5.96±0.08a 12.79±0.45a 0.35±0.01a 48.77±1.434.42% CF 44. 2±2.3 21.92±027 49.59±0.64 14.35±0.32 32.47±0.39 5.14±0.16a 11.62±o.37b 0.31±0.01b 47.95±1.566.52% CF 41.3±2.7 19.43±0.12 47.10±0.46 14.33±0.34 34.74±0.36 4.27±0.11b 10.35±0.63b 0.28±0.0b 45.13±1.238.46% CF 40.2±1.2 19.82±0.18 49.25±0.97 13.86±0.11 34.44±0.63 4.12±0.05b 10.23±0.72b 0.24±0.0c 45.32±1.22Significance NS NS NS NS NS * * * NSab means within a column within the same character, with different superscripts are significantly different( P<0.05)Statistical significant by analysis of variance, NS = not significant

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Abdel-Azeem, F.A. (2005): Studies on the effect of different crude fiber levels on laying Japanese quail (Conturnix Coturnix Japonica) Egypt Poult. Sci. 25: 11, 241-257.
Adeyemi O.A. and Familade, F.O. (2003): Replacement of maize by rumen filtrate fermented corn-cob in layer diets. Bioresource Technology, 90: 2, 221-224    (cited from Hammad, 2005).
Association of Analytical Chemists, (1990): Official Method of Analysis 15th ed. Association of Anlytical Chemists, Washington, DC
Chaturvedi, V.B. and Singh, K.S. (2000): Intake and digestibility of nutrients in chicken fed diets based on rice, Indian J. of Poultry Sci. 35, 3, 318-321.
Duncan, D.B. (1955): Multiple range and multiple F test Biometrics 11: 1-42.
Eastwood, M.A. and Boyd, G.S. (1967): The distribution of bile salts along the small intestine of rate. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 137, 393-396.
Elkin, R.G.; Zhihong, Y.; Yuan, Z.; Donkin, S.; Buhman, K.K.; Story, J.A.;  Turek, J.J.; Porter, R.E.; Anderson,  M.; Haman, R. and  Newton, R.S. (1999): Select 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors vary in their ability to reduce egg yolk cholesterol levels in laying hens through alteration of hepatic cholesterol loiosynthesis and plasma VLDL. J. Nutr., 129: 1010-1019.
Fahrenbach, M.J.; Riccardi, B.A. and Grant, W.C. (1966): Hypocholesterlemic activity of mucilaginous polysaccharides in White Leghorn cockerels. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 123, 321-326.
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Hargis, P.S. (1988): Modifying egg yolk cholesterol in the domestic fowl-a review. World's Poultry Sci. J. 44: 17-29.
Hennig, A.; Richter, G.; Grum, M. and Zander, R. (1990): The influence of a very high straw supply as fiber source on the mineral status of the broiler hen. Nohrung, 34: 2, 189-193 (cited from Hammad, 2005).
Hetland, H. (2003): Role of structural components on gut function and feed utilization in poultry. Ph.D thesis, Universitestet fo miljo-og biovitenskab (UMB) IHA. Postboks 5003, 1423 As. CAB Abstracts 2003/11-2004/7, Record 1281 of 1390 (cited from Hammad, 2005).
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