Partial replacement of soybean meal with brown mushroom stem powder: Effects on laying performance, egg quality, and serum biochemical indices of lohmann LSL lite hens
Ahmed AA Abdel-Wareth, Md Salahuddin, Kayla G Stamps, Venkatesh Balan, Prantic Kumar Goswami, Trahmilla L Carr, Cassandra D Gray, Adrian MW Aviña, Alejandro Argueta, Abigail Osei-Akoto, Jayant Lohakare · 2026
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Abdel-Wareth and colleagues report a 2026 feeding trial that replaced part of the soybean meal in hen diets with brown mushroom stem powder. The team fed 120 Lohmann LSL Lite laying hens for six weeks, swapping in the powder for 10 or 20 percent of the soybean meal.
Hens on the 20 percent diet laid more eggs and produced greater egg mass in the later weeks of the trial. Yolk color rose in a steady dose-dependent way, while feed conversion stayed unchanged. Blood tests stayed within normal ranges, with shifts in two liver enzymes read as adaptation rather than harm. The authors conclude the powder can replace up to one fifth of soybean meal safely.
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| CREATOR | Ahmed AA Abdel-Wareth, Md Salahuddin, Kayla G Stamps, Venkatesh Balan, Prantic Kumar Goswami, Trahmilla L Carr, Cassandra D Gray, Adrian MW Aviña, Alejandro Argueta, Abigail Osei-Akoto, Jayant Lohakare |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |