Abstract
본 시험은 동물 복지 차원에서 절식에 의한 강제 환우를 지양하고 사료를 급여하는 강제 환우 방법이 산란계의 생산성 및 난질에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 60주령 White Leghorn 산란계 400수를 공시하여 34주간 실시하였다. 처리구는 관행적으로 절식한 환우구(C), 옥수수 단일 사료 급여(T1), 밀기울 단일 사료 급여(T2) 및 알팔파 단일 사료를 급여(T3)한 4처리로서, 처리구당 5반복, 반복당 20수씩 철제 케이지에 완전임의 배치하였다. 시험 결과 산란율 및 1일 산란량은 산란 후 <TEX>$1{\sim}4$</TEX>주간에만 T1에서 대조구에 비하여 유의적으로 감소하였으나(P<0.05), 전 시험 기간 동안에는 강제 환우 방법간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 사료 섭취량은 <TEX>$1{\sim}4$</TEX>주에 T1에서 대조구에 비하여 통계적으로 감소하였으나(P<0.05), 전 시험 기간에는 처리구간에 차이가 없었다. 또한, 사료 요구율도 전 시험 기간 동안 처리구간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 난각 두께는 산란 후 10, 14주에 옥수수만을 급여한 T1구가 대조구에 비하여 유의적으로 개선되었으나(P<0.05), 26주에는 옥수수(T1)와 밀기울(T2)만을 급여한 처리구가 대조구에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였다(P<0.05). 난각 강도와 호우 유니트는 환우 방법에 따른 차이를 보이지 않았다. 난황색은 6주에 T1구와 T2구가 대조구에 비하여 유의적으로 감소하였으나(P<0.05), 18주에는 T1구와 T2구가 대조구나 T3구에 비하여 유의적으로 높았다(P<0.05). 시험 결과 사료 급여와 절식을 이용한 강제 환우 방법간에 생산성에서는 커다란 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 난질에서도 차이를 보이지는 않았다. 또한 사료 급여를 이용한 강제 환우에서는 알팔파만을 단독으로 급이한 강제 환우 방법이 옥수수나 밀기울을 급여한 강제 환우 방법보다는 생산성에서 통계적으로 유의차는 보이지 않았으나 우수한 경향을 보였다. Animal welfare advocates, claim that the induced molting by fasting be avoided. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of molting induced by various feeding methods on productivity and egg quality in laying hens. We used 400 flocks of 60-week-old leghorn laying hens in four treatments(five replicates of 20 hens each): fasting method (C), feeding single corn grain diet (T1), feeding single wheat bran diet (T2) and feeding single alfalfa meal diet (T3). As the result of the experiment, egg production and daily egg mass significantly decreased only in T1 compared with the control during the <TEX>$1{\sim}4th$</TEX> week after the secondary egg laying (P<0.05). Although the amount of feed intake was significantly less in T1 group during the <TEX>$1{\sim}4th$</TEX> week compared to the control, no significant difference was detected during the total period (P>0.05). In addition, no significant difference of feed conversion was observed between treatment groups. In terms of egg quality, the egg shell thickness was significantly improved in T1 group than the control group by feeding only corn at the 10th and 14th week after the secondary egg laying (P<0.05), but the significant decrease was observed at the corn (T1) and wheat bran (T2) fed treatment groups than the control group at the 26th week of the experiment (P<0.05). The eggshell strength and haugh unit did not show any difference by the molting methods. Egg yolk color was significantly decreased in T1 and T2 group than the control group at the 6th week (P<0.05). However, T1 and T2 group resulted to show significantly high egg yolk color at the 18th week of the experiment (P<0.05). As the result of the experiment, no large difference was observed in the productivity by the feeding molting method and by the fasting induced molting method. In addition, the single diet fed feeding induced molting method by using alfalfa revealed to show more satisfactory trend than the corn or wheat bran single diet fed feeding induced molting methods even if no statistically significant difference was found in terms of egg productivity.
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