Dietary arginine silicate inositol supplementation supports egg quality and bone metabolism in late phase laying hens.

ABSTRACT: Dietary Arginine Silicate Inositol (ASI) was investigated as a nutritional intervention to enhance performance, egg characteristics, and bone quality of hens in late lay through mechanisms related to calcium metabolism. Lohmann LSL-Lite laying hens (7 hens/cage) were randomized into 5 dietary treatments: control, 0.025 %, 0.05 %, 0.10 %, or 0.15 % ASI with 10 cage replicates for a 16-wk trial separated into 2 phases, 65 to 75 wk (phase 5) and 76 to 81 wk (phase 6). Hens were weighed monthly, and feed intake, egg characteristics, and additional production parameters were recorded weekly and compiled by phase and overall. Blood and fecal samples were collected once monthly for calcium metabolism analysis (1 hen/cage; and 24 h total fecal collection/cage via pan, respectively). A subset of he

SUBMITTER: Uyanga VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12391594 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature