The aim of this study was to evaluate the laying performance and egg quality of Hisex Brown pullets given lemmon grass powder (LGP) supplementation. One hundred sixty Hisex Brown pullets at nineteen weeks of age were completely randomized allocation into four treatments with 10 replicates per treatment. The diet treatments were denoted as LGP0, LGP250, LGP500 and LGP750. Pullets on LGP0 were fed basal diet only as control, and others were fed the same basal diet supplemented with LGP at the level of 250, 500 and 750 mg kg-1 feed, respectively. Supplementation of LGP in the diets of pullets were slightly higher 1.82-3.24% of laying rate compared to control (P>0.05). There were no significant differences in proportion of yolk, albumen and shell among the dietary treatments (P>0.05). Similarly, no significant differences were observed between the groups with respect to egg weight, egg shape, yolk index and egg shell thickness (P>0.05). LGP250 significantly increased albumen index compared with the control
Tạp chí khoa học Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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