ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2026
Dietary milk thistle meal supplementation modulates gut microbiota and improves performance and egg quality in late-phase laying hens.
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The decline in production performance of late-phase laying hens is closely associated with gut microbiota dysbiosis. This study evaluated whether dietary milk thistle meal (MTM) could improve performance by modulating the gut microbiota. A total of 450 Jinghong 3.0 laying hens (55 weeks old) were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments: a basal diet or diets with 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, or 10.0% MTM, respectively. The experiment lasted 8 weeks. Overall, results indicated dose-dependent effects of MTM on hen performance. Specifically, both average egg weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) showed significant linear and quadratic responses to MTM level (
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