Lignocellulose as an insoluble fiber source in poultry nutrition: a review

Table 3 Impact of dietary lignocellulose on hen productivity

Species	Feed¹	Age, week	LC inclusion², %	Final BW³, g	ADFI⁴, g	EP⁵, %	EW⁶, g	Reference
Laying hen	1	30	0		126	94.7	65	[33]
		30	1		131	95.5	66
		36	0		144	93.4	66
		36	1		144	93.7	66
Pullet	1	8–18	0	1580				[34]
Pullet	1	8–18	1	1678				[34]
Laying hen	1	22–31	0	1902				[34]
Laying hen	1	22–31	0.8	1919				[34]
Pullet	1	1–8	0	766	50.6			[35]
			1	776	52.4
			2	764	51.6
Laying hen	1	18–38	0	1655^c	96.3^b	78.0^c	55.3^c	[36]
			0.05	1693^b	98.0^a	80.8^b	56.4^b
			0.1	1719^a	99.2^a	81.8^a	57.3^a
			0.2	1636^c	95.4^b	78.6^d	54.4^d
Broiler breeder hen	3	43–55	0	~4500^a7	174^a	56.9^b	69.9	[37]
Broiler breeder hen	3	43–55	3	~4300^b7	172^b	62.9^a	69.2	[37]
Dual purpose hen	1	1–22	0	1835^a	61.1			[38]
		1–22	10	1694^b	61.2
		23–52	0	1996^a	101^b	63.4^b	60.6^a
		23–52	10	1791^b	107^a	72.4^a	58.0^b

¹ Feed formulation according to Fig. 1; ² Information on the LC product used, if specified, is given in additional file 1; ³ BW = body weight; ⁴ ADFI = average daily feed intake; ⁵ EP = egg production; ⁶ EW = egg weight; ⁷ Data on BW are estimated because they were taken from a figure; ^a,b,c Means with different superscripts are significantly different

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