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Role of saltbush on free range layer farms Carolyn de Koning1 and Mini Singh2
Introduction
Results
Oldman saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) has potential to be used on free range poultry farms for shelter and shade. Saltbush contains anti nutritive factors and is high in NaCl. It is important to determine if there are negative or positive effects for hens that may eat saltbush.
Objective 1: • Layer hens do eat saltbush (Figure 1). • An estimated 5% of their dietary dry matter intake was saltbush.
• Objective 2: Does the consumption of saltbush by hens affect their production, welfare and product quality?
Methods Objective 1: Hy-Line Brown layers from 16 weeks to 27 weeks were given access to fresh saltbush on the outdoor range. Alkane analysis was used to estimate the amount of saltbush eaten by the hens. Objective 2: Air-dried saltbush was mixed to dilute layer crumbles at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%. Fifteen individually housed Hy-line Brown hens per treatment were fed the diets for 28 days (32–35 weeks old).
Objective 2: • Saltbush in the diet had no impact on egg production, hen live-weight and feed intake. • Moisture content of hen excreta significantly increased with saltbush in the diet (Figure 2). • Egg quality was unaffected, except high saltbush eggs had stronger egg yolk colour compared to control eggs (Figure 3). • Consumer tests showed higher preferences for high saltbush eggs. a
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Figure 3: Yolk colour of hard boiled eggs from hens fed saltbush at 0% (left image) and 20% (right image). Statistically significant diet effects at P= 0.0057 for yolk colour (Roche fan) from uncooked eggs.
Conclusions • Saltbush can be used to provide shade and shelter. • Feeding saltbush enhanced yolk colour and consumers had a higher preference for high saltbush eggs. • Free range layer hens will not eat enough fresh saltbush to impact their production. Figure 1: Top image: Fresh saltbush provided on the outdoor range. Bottom image: Hens had stripped and eaten the leaves of saltbush within three days.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTACTS
We thank Poultry CRC for providing funds for this project.
1 South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Roseworthy Campus,, South Australia, 5371; Carolyn.dekoning@sa.gov.au 2 School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia
SALTBUSH: Comfortable hens, colorful yolks. Carolyn de Koning, Mini Singh WHY SALTBUSH?
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APPETITE OR AESTHETIC? Feed intake of laying hens can be affected by a variety of factors. Physical presentation of the feed (e.g. colour, particle size, smell) is known to affect feed selection. Sudden changes of the physical feed presentation (for example mash feed to pelleted feed), or the level of feed de-mixing have been reported to reduce feed acceptance. A reduced hygienic status of feed due to bacterial or mycotoxin contamination can result in a limited voluntarily feed intake. CONTROL 120
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Not hungry? A case report of feed refusal of laying hens I Ruhnke1, C Normant1,2, Z Iqbal1, DLM Campbell1,3, J Zentek4 and M Choct5 1Animal Science, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia 2Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, France 3CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Armidale NSW 2350, Australia 4Institute of Animal Nutrition, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 5Poultry Cooperative Research Centre, University of New England, Armidale NSW 2351, Australia
APPETITE OR AESTHETIC? Feed intake of laying hens can be affected by a variety of factors. Physical presentation of the feed (e.g. colour, particle size, smell) is known to affect feed selection. Sudden changes of the physical feed presentation (for example mash feed to pelleted feed), or the level of feed de-mixing have been reported to reduce feed acceptance. A reduced hygienic status of feed due to bacterial or mycotoxin contamination can result in a limited voluntarily feed intake. FEED CR
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This project (project number 1.5.9) was funded by the Poultry CRC established and supported under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres Program. Travel to this conference and subsequently poster presentation was sponsored by the Australian Egg Corporation Ltd.
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Alpha synuclein overexpression alters epigenetic regulation of neurodevelopmental and metabolic pathways in dopaminergic neurons Schaffner, S. L.1,2, Lazaro, D.3, Paiva, I.3, Outeiro, T. F.3,4,5, & Kobor, M. S.1,2,6 for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 2Dept. of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 3Department of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Goettingen, 37073, Goettingen, Germany 4CEDOC – Chronic Diseases Research Center, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal 5Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, 37075 Goettingen, Germany 6Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 1Centre
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A-B) Volcano plots showing results of linear modeling (DNAhm ~ Genotype) in control vs SNCA-OE or A30P cells; red = sites with decreased DNAm at FDR <= 0.05 and absolute delta beta >= 0.05; grey = non-significant sites; blue = sites with decreased DNAm at FDR <= 0.05 and absolute delta beta >= 0.05. C) Venn diagram showing the number of differentially hydroxymethylated sites unique to each genotype and shared between genotypes. D) Heatmap showing beta values at the 37 CpG sites that were differentially hydroxymethylated in A30P cells only; red = low DNAm, blue = high DNAm. E) Top three CpG sites that were differentially hydroxymethylated in A30P cells only, ranked by delta beta. F) Result of gene ontology enrichment analysis on the 37 CpG sites differentially hydroxymethylated in A30P cells only at p < 0.01.
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A) Heatmap showing beta values at a sample of 100 CpG sites that were differentially methylated in SNCA-OE cells only; red = low DNAm, blue = high DNAm. B) Top three CpG sites that were differentially methylated in SNCA-OE cells only, ranked by delta beta. C) Result of gene ontology enrichment analysis on the 2428 CpG sites differentially methylated in SNCA-OE cells only at p < 0.01.
A) Heatmap showing beta values at the 24 CpG sites that were differentially methylated in A30P cells only; red = low DNAm, blue = high DNAm. B) Top three CpG sites that were differentially methylated in A30P cells only, ranked by delta beta. C) Result of gene ontology enrichment analysis on the 24 CpG sites differentially methylated in A30P cells only at p < 0.01.
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The alpha synuclein (SNCA) gene encodes a protein that is found at synaptic terminals and regulates neuronal differentiation, survival, and metabolism as well as SNARE complex assembly. Multiplications of SNCA and missense mutations are linked to familial Parkinson’s disease (PD). SNPs in SNCA may also contribute to development of sporadic PD. However, it is not fully understood why only some individuals with SNCA variants will develop disease, or what specific role SNCA SNPs play in sporadic PD. Environment and lifestyle likely modulate the probability that genetically at-risk individuals will develop PD, and the epigenome may mediate these genetic and environmental contributions to disease.
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Acknowledgements Thank you to Julia MacIsaac, David Lin, and Katia Ramadori for running samples on the EPIC BeadChip. Thank you also to Rachel Edgar and David Lin for advice on analysis of DNA hydroxymethylation data. SLS was supported by a Faculty of Medicine Four Year Doctoral Fellowship. MSK is the Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics, Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, and Sunny Hill BC Leadership Chair in Child Development. This work is conducted under a Transnational “Epigenomics of Complex Diseases” grant (CIHR EGM-141897, ANR-15-EPIG-0001, BMBF 01KU1503A).
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C. et al. Fron Mol Neurosci 2016, 9:48. 2Lesage, S., & Brice, A. Hum Mol Genet 2009, R48-R59. 3Ascherio, A., & Schwarzchild, M. A. Lancet Neurol 2016, 14:1257-1272. 4Coppede, F. Sci World J 2012, 489830. 5Chuang, Y., et al. Genome Med 2017, 9:76. 6Wassouf, Z., et al. Front Cell Neurosci 2018, 12:112. 7Jones, P. A. Nat Rev Genet, 13: 484-492. 8Wen, L., Li, X., Yan, L. et al. Genome Biol 2014, 15(3):1-17.
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a letter-sized page (8.5” × 11”) to physical size on 27” iMac when slide is displayed in full screen mode
1152 pt 16” 1440 px
20” monitor
reference
1050 px
864 pt 12”
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letters have a life and dignity on their own.â&#x20AC;?
http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pointsofview
http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/pointsofsignificance
Barbara Bernat, http://www.kesato.com/blog/design/beautiful-paper-money-illustration-by-barbara-bernat/
Barbara Bernat, http://www.kesato.com/blog/design/beautiful-paper-money-illustration-by-barbara-bernat/