Effects of early post-hatch feeding on the growth performance, hormone secretion, intestinal morphology, and intestinal microbiota structure in broilers

Li, D.L.; Wang, J.S.; Liu, L.J.; Li, K.; Xu, Yi; Ding, Xu; Wang, Y.Y.; Zhang, Yuefei; Xie, Lihong; Shen, Liang; Wang, Y.X.; Zhan, Xiuan

doi:10.1016/j.psj.2022.102133

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“…On the seventh day of early feeding bird (HC) life, there was a significant increase in body weight and breast-muscle index in all experimental replicates compared to the control groups (ST). The results correlate with the data obtained by scientists who also noted the positive effect on body weight, which was 4–6% higher in the first week of nutrified birds in the first week of their life [ 22 , 23 , 24 ] and could even be observed in the third week of the life of birds [ 25 ]. Birds that fasted for 30 h after hatching or longer had decreased body weight until the 7th day [ 26 ] or longer [ 3 ] compared to chicks offered immediate access to feed and water.…”

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Early Post-Hatch Nutrition Influences Performance and Muscle Growth in Broiler Chickens

Gaweł

Madej

Kozak

et al. 2022

Animals

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The poultry industry is under pressure to produce safe and good quality meat in the welfare conditions. Many areas such as genetics, biosecurity, and immunoprophylaxis were improved, and hatchery is one of the areas in which welfare could be improved for better production output. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of early post-hatch nutrition providing body weight and muscle development in broiler chickens. The experiment involving two groups (chicken hatched with access to water and feed in the hatcher, and chicken without feed and water in hatcher) was replicated three times, and the body weights and breast-muscle index of the randomly chosen 30 chickens per group in each term were measured on the 1st, 7th, 21st, and 35th day of life. The breast-muscle sample was taken for genetic examination (the expression of the myoD, myoG, and MRF4 genes) and histological examination. The results showed that the positive effect of early nutrition was observed on the seventh day of bird life with higher expression of myoG and MRF4 and higher body weight of the birds. The positive effect of early nutrition on the diameter of the breast-muscle fibers was visible on days 21 and 35 of chicken life. The average final body weight in groups with early access to food and water was 5% higher than in groups hatched under classic conditions. Conclusions: early feeding in the hatcher improves performance and muscle growth in broiler chickens.

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Early Post-Hatch Nutrition Influences Performance and Muscle Growth in Broiler Chickens

Gaweł

Madej

Kozak

et al. 2022

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“…In contrast to placement time, no significant differences occurred for the 6 to 60 h preplacement holding times, and the highest BW was found in the 24 h holding time at the end of the trial. Numerous studies have shown that BW was negatively affected by longer post-hatch holding periods in the early period of growing, but no differences were observed at the end of grow-out period [17,[41][42][43][44][45][46][47].…”

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Effects and Interactions of Incubation Time and Preplacement Holding Time on Mortality at Placement, Yolk Sac Utilization, Early Feeding Behavior and Broiler Live Performance

Elibol,

Özlü,

Erkuş

et al. 2023

Animals

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The effects and interactions of incubation time and chick preplacement holding time on mortality at placement, utilization of yolk sac, crop filling rate, early feeding–drinking behavior, and broiler live performance were investigated. Ross 308 broiler hatching eggs from a 39-week-old flock were set in two identical setters in a commercial hatchery, with the setting time 12 h earlier in one machine. At the end of incubation, chicks were removed from the hatchers at the same time. Thus, the incubation times were either 504 h (normal incubation time (NIT) treatment) or 516 h (longer incubation time (LIT) treatment). After the pull time, chicks from each incubation time group were subjected to either 6, 24, 48, 60, or 72 h preplacement holding times. At placement, chicks were given access to feed and water. In total, 19,200 chicks were randomly assigned to a total of 10 subtreatment groups (2 incubation times × 5 preplacement holding times). Therefore, a total of 1920 chicks were used in each subtreatment group for the grow-out period in a commercial broiler house. For the first week of the experiment, 160 randomly selected as-hatched (not sexed) chicks were placed in 12 replicate floor pens (120 total pens). From the second week of age onward, chicks from two pens were combined into six replicate pens, with 320 chicks per replicate (60 total pens). An interaction was found between incubation time and preplacement holding time for residual yolk sac (RYS) weight (g, %) (p < 0.001). RYS weight was greater at pull time and at 6 and 24 h of preplacement holding in the NIT treatment compared to the LIT treatment, while differences were no longer evident at 48–72 h. The lowest percentage of chicks with full crops and eating activity was observed in the shortest preplacement holding time (6 h) group at 3 h after placement. As expected, the initial BW at placement clearly decreased with increasing duration after the pull time (p < 0.05), with the highest and lowest weights found in the 6 and 72 h holding time treatments, respectively. This BW difference was still evident at 35 d after placement and chicks held for the longest period after the pull time (72 h) showed the lowest BW (p < 0.001). However, there was no significant difference between the 6 and 60 h preplacement holding times. Mortality during the first 7 d after placement increased only when the preplacement holding time was extended to 72 h (p = 0.031). Similarly to the 7 d results, chicks held for 72 h exhibited higher 0–35 day mortality compared to those held for 6 or 24 h (p = 0.028). Neither BW nor mortality was affected by incubation time treatment at 35 d after placement (p > 0.05). It can be concluded that there were no significant differences in average BW and mortality, up to and including a 60 h holding time under thermal comfort conditions, but a 72 h preplacement holding time resulted in final BW and mortality being negatively affected. In addition, LIT tended to have a beneficial effect on BW and mortality compared to NIT when the preplacement holding time was shorter (6–24 h) but had a negative effect for extended holding times (48–72 h).

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“…The productivity of modern commercial broiler strains is heavily reliant on the first few days of their life (Payte et al., 2022 ) as they grow rapidly and attain slaughter weight within a few weeks. The productivity of broiler chickens is highly dependent on post‐hatch nutrition, given that digestive tract development and muscle cell proliferation occur during the starter period (Ravindran & Abdollahi, 2021 ; Li et al., 2022 ). The transition from the embryogenic to the post‐hatch phase is the most challenging stage in broiler breeding, as it involves significant physiological and morphological changes in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) required for effective nutrient digestion and absorption by the chick (Vieira & Moran, 1999 ; Willemsen et al., 2010 ).…”

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The effect of reducing dietary energy on performance, intestinal morphology and intestinal peptide and amino acid transporters in broiler chicks

Mahdavi,

Ghazi Harsini,

Piray

2024

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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BackgroundPrevious research has investigated the impact of different factors such as gender and age of birds, protein and amino acid levels, protein origin and the physical form of the diet, on the mRNA expression of intestinal peptides and amino acid transporters. Nevertheless, there have been no attempts to examine the impact of dietary energy density on the mRNA abundance of intestinal amino acid and peptide transporters in humans or animals. This is the first reported case in both humans and animals.ObjectivesThis experiment aimed to evaluate the influence of two levels of metabolizable energy ([ME]; 2950 and 2850 kcal ME/kg diet) on performance and jejunal morphology and mRNA expression of amino acid (B0AT, b0,+AT, CAT1 and y+LAT1) and peptide (PepT1) transporters in broiler chickens during the starter period (0–10 days of age).MethodsTwo hundred and seventy day‐old male Ross 308 broiler chickens were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments with nine replicates and fifteen birds in each replicate. At 10 days of age, the outcome variables were measured, which included the assessment of the mRNA abundance of PepT1, b0,+AT, B0AT, y+LAT1 and CAT1 in the jejunal section using real‐time PCR.ResultsThe findings of this study revealed no significant impact of the dietary treatments on feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and the jejunal mRNA abundance of PepT1, CAT1 and y+LAT1 (p > 0.05). However, a reduction in dietary ME level from 2950 to 2850 kcal ME/kg diet resulted in a decrease in the mRNA level of B0AT and b0,+AT (p ≤ 0.05). The reduction in dietary energy level did not lead to any significant changes in villus width, villus height, crypt depth, villus surface area and villus height to crypt depth ratio (p > 0.05).ConclusionThe results demonstrated that decreasing dietary energy density may alter the expression of amino acid transporters in the intestine while having no impact on the growth performance and morphometric structure of the intestine.

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Effects of early post-hatch feeding on the growth performance, hormone secretion, intestinal morphology, and intestinal microbiota structure in broilers

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Early Post-Hatch Nutrition Influences Performance and Muscle Growth in Broiler Chickens

Early Post-Hatch Nutrition Influences Performance and Muscle Growth in Broiler Chickens

Effects and Interactions of Incubation Time and Preplacement Holding Time on Mortality at Placement, Yolk Sac Utilization, Early Feeding Behavior and Broiler Live Performance

The effect of reducing dietary energy on performance, intestinal morphology and intestinal peptide and amino acid transporters in broiler chicks

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