Effects of faba beans with different concentrations of vicine and convicine on egg production, egg quality and red blood cells in laying hens

• Published in: Animal (Cambridge, England) Vol. 11; no. 8; pp. 1270 - 1278
• Main Authors: Lessire, M., Gallo, V., Prato, M., Akide-Ndunge, O., Mandili, G., Marget, P., Arese, P., Duc, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2017; Elsevier Limited; Published by Elsevier (since 2021) / Cambridge University Press (until 2020); Elsevier
• Subjects: Anemia; Animal Feed; Animals; antinutritional factors; Beans; Broad beans; broiler chickens; Chickens - physiology; color; convicine; Corn; Cultivars; Diet; Diet - veterinary; Egg production; egg weight; Enzymes; Erythrocytes; Erythrocytes - drug effects; experimental diets; faba bean; faba beans; feeds; Female; Genotype; Genotypes; Glucosides - analysis; Glucosides - pharmacology; Glutathione; Glycine max; Hemolysis; hen feeding; hulling; Human subjects; laying hen performances; laying hens; laying performance; Life Sciences; Low concentrations; mixing; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrition; Nutrition research; Ovulation - drug effects; Ovum - drug effects; Parameters; Poultry; protein requirement; Proteins; Pyrimidinones - analysis; Pyrimidinones - pharmacology; red blood cells; Research Article; risk; Seeds; Sensitivity analysis; Soybeans; Tannins; Tannins - analysis; Turkeys; Uridine - analogs & derivatives; Uridine - analysis; Uridine - pharmacology; Vicia faba; Vicia faba - chemistry; Vicia faba - genetics; vicine; Weight reduction; Yolk; France; red blood cells; vicine; convicine; laying hen performances; faba bean

The faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a potential source of proteins for poultry, mainly for laying hens whose protein requirements are lower than those of other birds such as growing broilers and turkeys. However, this feedstuff contains anti-nutritional factors, that is, vicine (V) and convicine (C) th...