The paper discusses the effect of a newly developed complex feed additive Grainbiosorb used in complete feed on livability, age of first egg laying, egg productivity, and feed consumption for the production of 1 dozen eggs of laying quails of the Texas white broiler breed. The scientific experiment was carried out in the experimental vivarium of Krasnodar Research Centre for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine according to the standard technique recommended by the Federal Scientific Center “All-Russian Research and Technological Institute of Poultry” of Russian Academy of Sciences, (Sergiev Posad, 2013). The developed complex feed additive Grainbiosorb consists of fermented brewer’s spent grain, a mineral sorbing complex and probiotic microorganisms. Brewer’s spent grain is pre-fermented with probiotic bacterial concentrate, consisting of lactic acid, and propionic acid microorganisms. The use of fermented brewer’s spent grain in combination with a mineral complex can solve the problems of metabolism, digestion, exposure to heavy metals and thereby increase productivity and contribute to obtaining safe poultry products. The livability of the quail population in experimental and control groups was the same and amounted to 90.0%. The quails of the first group laid the first egg at the age of 44 days, while the quails of the second group at the age of 42 days. Gross egg production for the period of the experiment per the initial laying quail and the egg production for the average laying quail increased in the experimental group relative to the control by 3.8%. The intensity of egg production in the experimental group increased by 2.3 abs. % relative to that in the control group. Feed consumption for the production of 1 dozen quail eggs decreased by 5.5% in the experimental group, relative to the control.

Conducting dairy cattle breeding in modern environments is impossible without a deep understanding of all the physiological processes occurring in the body of a highly productive animal. It is well known that the realization of the genetic potential of cows is impossible without the use of high-quality feed products and feeds. The issue of complete feeding of ruminants is particularly acute during the period of increasing the milk yield. The purpose of the researches was to study the feeding of the PassPro Balance feed product consisting of protected soybean and sunfl ower protein in the rations of freshly calved highly productive cows. It has been found as a result of the experiment that the input of the studied additive in the amount of 2 kg in the ration of cows of the experimental group contributed to the increased consumption of feed dry matter by 3,4 %. For the period of experiment from the experimental animals by 12,0 % more milk (P < 0,05) has been received in comparison with the control group. It has been found that the yield of milk fat in the experimental group was signifi cantly higher than the control one by 13,3 % (P < 0,05). In the experimental group of cows there was a tendency to increase the milk protein content by 10,8 %. By adjusting milk yield by 4,0 % in the experimental group of cows this indicator signifi cantly exceeded the control by 12,8 % (P < 0,05). When analyzing the rumen fl uid for microbiological indicators, a certain decrease in enterobacteria and staphylococci has been found in samples of cows of the experimental group with the increase in lactic acid microorganisms by 1,6 times. The pH of the rumen fl uid of cows of both groups was at the level of 6,2, which excludes the development of acidosis in animals during the fresh calving period.

Intensive dairy farming in modern conditions is impossible without a solid forage base and the use of high-quality forage resources. A high level of cow productivity presupposes adequate nutrition for the animal at all physiological periods of its life. Due to the fact that cows consume relatively little feed during the first period of lactation, the primary task of livestock breeders is to provide the body of highly productive animals with the necessary amount of energy, protein and other nutrients. The article presents the data of a scientific experiment on the use of non-degradable protein in the rumen PassPro Balance in diets for fresh cows. The feed additive under study contributes to an increase in the level of dry matter consumption by animals. The average daily milk yield of the experimental group, which received the studied supplement, significantly increased by 12.0% (P <0.05) in comparison with the control group. There was also established a tendency to an increase in the fat content in the milk of cows from the experimental group. According to the biochemical analysis of the blood serum of cows, the level of albumin in all animals was within the physiological norm. The content of globulins was below the norm in animals of all groups without significantly significant differences. The activity of the AST and ALT enzymes between the groups did not differ significantly. However, it should be noted that in both groups these indicators were within the normal range. The level of alkaline phosphatase tended to increase in the experimental group by 20.8% in comparison with the control group. Feeding PassPro Supplements Balance in the diets for the experimental group made it possible to receive 2565,00 rubles of additional profit, while the level of profitability of milk production increased by 2.02% relative to control.

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