Management Message 
Meet us (and new data) in St. Louis
By Mike Wright
Director - Global Marketing and Research
Diamond V
Diamond V would like to invite you to visit us during the annual Poultry Science Association meeting being held in St. Louis, Missouri. We're setting up shop in The Gateway to the West so Diamond V can be your gateway to better results with egg production, meat quality and bird health.
Among the research we'll have on hand will be results of a layer trial using Diamond V Original XPC™. The findings show improvement in egg production, size and quality in white and brown strains of laying hens fed Original XPC compared to the control birds.
It's just the latest in a body of research that continues to show Diamond V's microbial fermentation products improve health and, ultimately, production performance. Please see the abstract below:
Performance of layers fed Original XPC for 24 weeks
K. E. Anderson1, and J. N. Broomhead2, and W. Michael2
1Dept of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University; 2Diamond V, Cedar Rapids, IA
Laying hens from 11 white and 7 brown strains (approximately 17 weeks of age; n = 9594) were fed Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product (Diamond VOriginal XPC™) for 24 weeks and egg production, size and quality were measured. Hens were housed at two densities (497 or 471 sq cm with 5 or 7 hens/cage) within two production houses (approximately 13 replicates per dietary treatment per strain). Dietary treatments included 0 or 0.68 kg Original XPC/ton feed. Egg weights and sizes were recorded monthly from all eggs collected during a 24 hr production period starting at 119 d of age. Percentages of eggs within each size category, average egg weight, and average egg mass were calculated. Egg quality was determined using USDA grades. Feed was provided ad libitum and was weighed back every 28 d by replicate group and feed intake was calculated. Data was analyzed separately for white and brown strains using a SPLIT-PLOT design and PROC MIXED procedure of SAS. For white and brown strains, hen day production, average egg weight and percentage of extra large plus large eggs was greater (P < 0.05) for hens supplemented with Original XPC. Percentage of medium size eggs were lower (P < 0.05) for white and brown hens supplemented with Original XPC. White strain hens supplemented with Original XPC had greater (P < 0.05) feed intake per bird per day and lower (P < 0.05) percentage of check eggs than the controls. When Original XPC was supplemented to the diets, brown strain hens had significantly greater (P < 0.05) hen housed production and percentage of grade A eggs. The white strain hens had numerically greater hen housed production (P < 0.06) and percentage of grade A eggs (P < 0.09). The results indicate that supplementation of Original XPC can improve egg production, size and quality in white and brown strains of laying hens.
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Please enjoy reading and best regards,
Mike Wright
Director, Global Marketing & Research
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