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Different susceptibility to fatty liver-haemorrhagic syndrome in young and old layers and the interaction on blood LDL-C levels between oestradiols and high energy-low protein diets.
British Poultry Science 2019 January 19
1. The objective of the study was to investigate the susceptibility of young and older laying hens to fatty liver-haemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS) and to evaluate the reliability of different blood lipid fractions for predicting or diagnosing FLHS. 2. Forty young hens and 40 older hens were caged individually. Each group of hens was randomly allotted to four treatments for 21 days: either a control, an oestradiol group, high energy-low protein diet (HELPD) or a HELPD + oestradiol group. Blood levels of oestradiol, triglyceride (TG), cholesterol (CHOL), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), liver total lipids, haemorrhagic scores and productive performance were assessed. 3. In older hens, β-oestradiol increased (P<0.05) liver total lipids, hepatic haemorrhagic scores and the incidence of FLHS but reduced (P<0.05) productive performance; however, such changes were not observed in young hens. 4. In two groups of hens, serum TG, CHOL and HDL-C levels were increased (P<0.001) by β-oestradiol. Hens with FLHS had higher serum TG, CHOL and HDL-C (P<0.001) than non-FLHS birds in the older layer group of hens. 5.An interaction (β-oestradiol × HELPD) (P<0.05) for LDL-C levels was observed in both groups of henss. In young hens, β-oestradiol induced a decrease (P=0.004) in serum LDL-C levels but the effect was attenuated by HELPD. In older hens, HELPD caused an increase (P=0.02) in serum LDL-C although the effect depended on the presence of β-oestradiol. 6. In conclusion, older layers were more susceptible to FLHS than young layers after oestradiol treatment. Blood TG, CHOL and HDL-C rather than LDL-C levels can be used as a prediction tool for the overall susceptibility to FLHS in older rather than young layers. There were interactions between oestradiol and HELPD on blood LDL-C levels in laying hens.
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