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Document type
  • Peer-reviewed journal article
Study Type
  • feeding study
GE organism
  • maize
GE trait
  • quality
Country
  • China

Results

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  • no effect

Detection of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA fragments and proteins in the digesta, blood, tissues, and eggs of laying hens fed with phytase transgenic corn Open Access

Ma, Q; Gao, C; Zhang, J; Zhao, L; Hao, W; Ji, C
PLOS ONE. 2013 April. 8(4):e61138

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PMID: 23577200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061138

Abstract

The trials were conducted to assess the effects of long-term feeding with phytase transgenic corn (PTC) to hens on laying performance and egg quality, and investigate the fate of transgenic DNA and protein in digesta, blood, tissues, and eggs. Fifty-week old laying hens (n = 144) were fed with a diet containing 62.4% PTC or non-transgenic isogenic control corn (CC) for 16 weeks. We observed that feeding PTC to laying hens had no adverse effect on laying performance or egg quality (P>0.05) except on yolk color (P<0.05). Transgenic phyA2 gene and protein were rapidly degraded in the digestive tract and were not detected in blood, heart, liver, spleen, kidney, breast muscle, and eggs of laying hens fed with diet containing PTC. It was concluded that performance of hens fed diets containing PTC, as measured by egg production and egg quality, was similar to that of hens fed diets formulated with CC. There was no evidence of phyA2 gene or protein translocation to the blood, tissues, and eggs of laying hens.

Keywords

phytase, corn, maize, egg, hen, feeding trial

Funding

Funding source
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Evaluation Major Projects
  • Yangtze River Scholar and Innovation Research Team Development Program
  • China Agriculture Research System
  • China Agriculture Research System-Beijing Team for Poultry Industry
Funding country
  • China
Funding type
  • government
  • NGO: independent

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MLA

Ma, Q, C Gao, J Zhang, L Zhao, W Hao, C Ji. "Detection of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA fragments and proteins in the digesta, blood, tissues, and eggs of laying hens fed with phytase transgenic corn." PLOS ONE 8.4 (2013): e61138. Web. 26 Dec. 2024.

APA

Ma, Q., Gao, C., Zhang, J., Zhao, L., Hao, W., & Ji, C. (2013). Detection of transgenic and endogenous plant DNA fragments and proteins in the digesta, blood, tissues, and eggs of laying hens fed with phytase transgenic corn. PLOS ONE, 8(4), e61138. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061138

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