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- Title
AN INVESTIGATION ON POSSIBILITY OF CYNARA SCOLYMUS USE AS DIET INGREDIENT OF ISA BROWN LAYERS.
- Authors
Grigorova, Svetlana; Abadjieva, Desislava; Todorova, Mariya
- Abstract
Current study aimed to assess the effect of adding dried and milled artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) to the diet of laying hens on morphological and incubation traits of their eggs, as well as on the cholesterol content in the blood serum and egg yolk. A trial was conducted with 40 layers from ISA Brown breed at the age of 38 weeks, randomly allocated into two groups (control and experimental, 20 hens each). The compound feed was formulated to contain 17.64% crude protein, 4.08% crude fat, 5.08% crude fiber and metabolisable energy 2560 kcal/kg. The poultry from experimental group received as daily dose 0.22% dried and milled artichoke with the diet for a period of 32 days. It was found significantly lower cholesterol content (P<0.05) in the yolk of the hens from the experimental group in comparison to the control group. The hens from experimental group had higher egg fertility (96%) and egg hatchability (79%) compared to the control group (92% and 70%, respectively).
- Subjects
EGG yolk; ARTICHOKES; BLOOD cholesterol; HENS; DIET; HATCHABILITY of eggs
- Publication
Macedonian Journal of Animal Science, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1/2, p39
- ISSN
1857-6907
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.54865/mjas22121-2039g