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This experiment studied the effect of DPP supplementation in the laying hens’ diet on the ovarian follicle development, hematological variables and hormonal profile of laying hens.
Mohamed Saleh +3 more
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Bacterial contamination of table eggs and the influence of housing systems [PDF]
With the introduction of alternative housing systems for laying hens in the EU, recent research has focussed on the bacterial contamination of table eggs, e.g. eggshell and egg content contamination.
Heyndrickx, M +12 more
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Magnesium Requirement of the Laying Hen ,
Abstract THE quantitative requirement for magnesium by laying hens has not been established. The National Research Council in 1966 listed the growing chicken's requirement as 500 mg. magnesium per kilogram of feed, but gave no estimate of the hen's requirement while Edwards et al. (1961) showed that the phosphorus level of the hen's diet had a marked
H M, Edwards, D, Nugara
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HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT OF GARLIC POWDER IN LAYING HEN: LOW CHOLESTEROL EGG? [PDF]
Forty laying hens Hys x Brown consisting of 2 ag groups (27 and 77 w ks of age)w r us d in the study to lucidat the hypochol st rol mic ff ct of garlic powder on gg production,s rum and gg chol st rol.They w r caged individually and f d di t containing
Hakim, MR +3 more
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With the increase in egg production rate and the coming of peak laying period, some metabolic disorders usually emerge in layers. The current study was conducted to compare the physiological difference between the early laying stage (around 30% laying ...
Yumeng Wang +7 more
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Corticosterone Secretion as a Response of Incubating Gifujidori Hens to Restraint Stress
Incubating, laying, and nonlaying Gifujidori hens were restrained on a board, and their plasma corticosterone concentration was measured by radioimmunoassay.
Takehito Kuwayama, Kimiko Arimura
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Commercial hatchery practices have long-lasting effects on laying hens' spatial behaviour and health. [PDF]
The commercial hatchery process is globally standardized and exposes billions of day-old layer chicks to stress every year. By alleviating this early stress, on-farm hatching is thought to improve animal welfare, yet little is known about its effects ...
Montalcini, Camille M +2 more
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The experiment was to investigate effect of Eucommia ulmoides Oliv leaves powder on production performance, egg quality, serum biochemical indexes and yolk cholesterol of Hyline brown laying hens.
ZHOU Ying +7 more
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Effect of bird age and storage system on physical properties of eggs from brown laying hens [PDF]
A total of 108 eggs from a group of 100 brown laying hens housed in standard cages were analyzed. Thirty-six eggs were retired when the hens had 30 week of age, other 36 eggs were retired when the hens had 35 week of age and the remaining 36 eggs were ...
Daza Andrada, Argimiro +4 more
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Genetic parameters for social effects on survival in cannibalistic layers: Combining survival analysis and a linear animal model [PDF]
Background Mortality due to cannibalism in laying hens is a difficult trait to improve genetically, because censoring is high (animals still alive at the end of the testing period) and it may depend on both the individual itself and the behaviour of its ...
Veerkamp Roel F +21 more
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