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Abstract
In this study, the effects of beta-mannanase supplementation to laying hens? diets with different guar meal GM ratios on performance and egg quality traits were investigated. The experimental period lasted 126 days. Ninety-six Lohman Brown hens at the age of 56 weeks were kept in individual cages. They were divided into 8 treatment groups as follows: 0% guar meal GM0 control ; 0% GM + 0.05% beta-mannanase GM0E ; 8% GM GM8 ; 8% GM + 0.05% beta-mannanase GM8E ; 16% GM GM16 ; 16% GM + 0.05% beta-mannanase GM16E ; 24% GM GM24 ; and 24% GM + 0.05% beta-mannanase GM24E . A photoperiod of 16.5 h light and 7.5 h dark was applied throughout the experiment. The present treatments had significant effects on changes in final live body weight, feed consumption, feed efficiency, egg production, egg weight, shell thickness, eggshell weight, shape index, yolk index, Haugh unit, and yolk pigmentation values P 0.05 . According to our results, guar meal might be used maximally at 16% in laying hen diets, because of its negative effects on laying performance and egg quality traits.
期刊介绍:
The Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is published electronically 6 times a year by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).
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Contribution is open to researchers of all nationalities.
Original research articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are welcome.
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Manuscripts written on the subjects of basic sciences and clinical sciences related to veterinary medicine, nutrition, and nutritional diseases, as well as the breeding and husbandry of the above-mentioned animals and the hygiene and technology of food of animal origin, have priority for publication in the journal.
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The editor and the peer reviewers reserve the right to reject papers on ethical grounds when, in their opinion, the severity of experimental procedures to which animals are subjected is not justified by the scientific value or originality of the information being sought by the author(s).