Studies of the Need for Supplemental Biotin in Chick Rations

Anderson, J. O.; Warnick, R. E.

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“…Wagstaff et al (1961) estimated the requirement of the growing chick to be 0.09 mg/kg but subsequently Anderson and Warnick (1970) found in a series of trials that the requirement was about 0.15 mg/kg. This value is the same as that recommended by the ARC (1975) for starting broilers.…”

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The Use of Biotin in Poultry Nutrition

Whitehead

1977

World's Poultry Science Journal

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“…Animal proteins such as fish meals and poultry by-products also contain appreciable amounts of the vitamin but the availability may be only about 50%. Fermentation by-products such as yeasts and dried solubles can be very rich sources of biotin (Anderson and Warnick 1970).…”

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The Use of Biotin in Poultry Nutrition

Whitehead

1977

World's Poultry Science Journal

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“…60, No. 1, 1985 The biotin present in feedstuffs is not totally available to nonruminants (Wagstaff et al, 1961;Scott, 1968;Anderson and Warnick, 1970). Using chick growth assays, higher biotin bioavailability values have been reported for corn compared with milo, barley, sorghum, oats and wheat, with wheat having the lowest value (Frigg, 1976;Anderson et al, 1978;Baker, 1978).…”

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Supplemental Biotin for Swine. II. Influence of Supplementation to Corn- and Wheat-Based Diets on Reproductive Performance and Various Biochemical Criteria of Sows during Four Parities

Bryant

Kornegay

Knight

et al. 1985

Journal of Animal Science

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Data from 116 females previously fed a corn-soybean basal diet with 0 or 220 micrograms supplemental biotin/kg during growth and development were used to study the influence of 0 (NB) or 440 (SB) micrograms of supplemental biotin/kg to corn-(C) or wheat-(W) based diets for gilts and sows housed in total confinement. Reproductive performance through four parities (total of 245 litters) and various sow and pig biochemical criteria were evaluated. Females fed W diets were older (P less than .07) at first estrus, farrowed litters that were lighter weight (P less than .01) at birth and that contained fewer (P less than .05) total and live pigs compared with females fed C diets. Biotin supplementation did not significantly influence (P greater than .10) farrowing and lactation performance; however, after the first parity, total and live pigs/litter at farrowing tended to be larger for SB females. Conception rate at first estrus postpartum was increased (P less than .07) by 9% and the average weaning to estrus interval was reduced (P less than .05) from 14.5 to 10.2 d with SB. Biotin supplementation increased (P less than .001) the biotin content of sow plasma, milk and liver, while sow liver pyruvate carboxylase activity was not altered (P greater than .10). Pigs farrowed by SB females had three- and fivefold higher (P less than .001) levels of plasma biotin at birth and 14 d of age, respectively; however, liver biotin levels at birth were not different (P greater than .10) for pigs from NB and SB females.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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“…Corn, sorghum, and wheat were selected to measure their biotin availability because: 1) their biotin availabilities were reported previously by Anderson and Warnick (1970), Frigg (1976), and Anderson et al (1978), which gave us the opportunity to compare our method with theirs; 2) these cereals are the most commonly used in chicken diets; and 3) broiler diets based on wheat have been implicated as a factor in the development of fatty liver and kidney syndrome where a biotin-responsive state was found (Payne et al, 1974).…”

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Use of Plasma and Egg Yolk Biotin of White Leghorn Hens to Assess Biotin Availability from Feedstuffs

Buenrostro

Kratzer

1984

Poultry Science

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A linear relationship (r greater than .98) was found between the level of dietary biotin and plasma and egg-yolk biotin in White Leghorn hens after feeding the experimental diets for 2 weeks. This shows high reliability of these parameters as indicators of biotin availability. When plasma and egg yolk biotin were used to assess biotin availability in feedstuffs, they indicated low values for wheat (0%) and sorghum (10 to 20%) and high values for corn (75 to 100%), soybean meal (100%), and meat and bone meal (85%). When these parameters were used to assess commercial poultry diets, they indicated values for a "layer" diet of 75 to 100% and for a "broiler" diet of 81 to 92%. Pelleting gave an increase in biotin availability of 10% over the mash diet. This method for assessing biotin availability promises to be simple, economic, rapid, and reliable.

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Studies of the Need for Supplemental Biotin in Chick Rations

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Cited by 42 publications

References 4 publications

The Use of Biotin in Poultry Nutrition

The Use of Biotin in Poultry Nutrition

Supplemental Biotin for Swine. II. Influence of Supplementation to Corn- and Wheat-Based Diets on Reproductive Performance and Various Biochemical Criteria of Sows during Four Parities

Use of Plasma and Egg Yolk Biotin of White Leghorn Hens to Assess Biotin Availability from Feedstuffs

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