@article{article_385062, title={Effects of Dietary Ferula Eleaochytris Powder on Yield and Egg Quality in Laying Hens}, journal={Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology}, volume={5}, pages={99–108}, year={2015}, author={Duru, Metin and Şahı̇n Ahmet}, keywords={Egg quality,egg yield,Ferula eleaochytris,laying hens}, abstract={<p> </p> <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPSMT’">The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary male and female </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPS’; font-style: italic">Ferula eleaochytris </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPSMT’">root powder on performance characteristics and egg quality of white laying hens. Treatments were allocated to 5 dietary groups in which 0 (control), 5 g and 10 g female </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPS’; font-style: italic">Ferula eleaochytris </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPSMT’">powder, 5 g and 10 g male </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPS’; font-style: italic">Ferula eleaochytris </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPSMT’">powder doses per kg commercial laying hen diet. In total, 80 white laying hens (Super Nick) 32 week old in which 16 animals in each group were used in study. Egg yield and feed intake were monitored weekly for 8 weeks and egg quality was monitored at the midst and the end of study. The results of the study showed that male and female </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPS’; font-style: italic">Ferula eleaochytris </span> <span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: ’TimesNewRomanPSMT’">powder had no effect on performance characteristics and egg quality in laying hens.  </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div>}, number={2}, publisher={Igdir University}