The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens

Abdulkarim AMAD

doi:10.34233/jpr.919356

Year 2021, Volume 18 , Issue 1, Pages 13 - 18 2020-12-30

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The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens

Abdulkarim AMAD ^[1]

https://doi.org/10.34233/jpr.919356

This experiment was aimed to use natural zeolite as a feed additive to diet in old laying hens. 36 laying hens of ISA White strain were used, at age of 72 week. The hens were divided into three treatments and each treatment consisted of six replicates with tow hens each. A standard basic ration was used consisting of maize and soybean meal, and the zeolite was added according to the design of the experiment as follows, without zeolite (control T1), +0.5% zeolite (T2) and +1% zeolite (T3). The experiment lasted for 6 weeks. The collected data of performance and egg quality parameters were evaluated of 3 week basis period (1st period 72 -75 week, 2nd period 75 -78 week) and the entire period (72 -78 week). Results indicated that there was no significant effect of adding natural zeolite on the studied performance parameters feed intake (g/hen/d) and feed conversion ratio (g/g) or on the egg production (%), egg weight (g/hen) and egg mass (g/hen/d). However, it must be noted that the hens fed with zeolite at level of +0.5 and +1% showed a higher (p ˃ 0.05) egg productivity comparing to hens without zeolite. Regarding the egg quality parameters, no significant effect were observed between the treatments. However, there were only significantly improvement in egg shell ratio (%) and egg shell density (mg/cm2) when the data of 72 - 78 week were pooled and analyzed. In this study, the zeolite supplementation showed no effects on blood plasma composition. In conclusion, the adding of natural zeolite at inclusion rate of 1% had positive effect on egg production and improved the shell egg quality of old laying hens.

Zeolite, egg performance, shell egg quality

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Primary Language	en
Subjects	Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science
Journal Section	Research Article
Authors	Orcid: 0000-0003-2334-0609 Author: Abdulkarim AMAD (Primary Author) Institution: Thamar University Yemen Country: Yemen
Supporting Institution	Department of animal production- Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine - Thamar University - Yemen
Project Number	Unfortunately, our university has so far not given any number for research projects
Thanks	I want to thank you too much and I hope you take the manuscript in consideration for the publication in your Journal
Dates	Publication Date : December 30, 2020

Bibtex	@research article { jpr919356, journal = {Journal of Poultry Research}, issn = {1302-3209}, eissn = {2147-9003}, address = {avukçuluk Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü Şehit Cem Ersever Caddesi 9/11 Gayret Mahallesi Yenimahalle/ANKARA}, publisher = {Tavukçuluk Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü}, year = {2020}, volume = {18}, pages = {13 - 18}, doi = {10.34233/jpr.919356}, title = {The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens}, key = {cite}, author = {Amad, Abdulkarim} }
APA	Amad, A . (2020). The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens . Journal of Poultry Research , 18 (1) , 13-18 . DOI: 10.34233/jpr.919356
MLA	Amad, A . "The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens" . Journal of Poultry Research 18 (2020 ): 13-18 <https://www.turkishpoultryscience.com/en/pub/issue/63245/919356>
Chicago	Amad, A . "The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens". Journal of Poultry Research 18 (2020 ): 13-18
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ISNAD	Amad, Abdulkarim . "The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens". Journal of Poultry Research 18 / 1 (December 2020): 13-18 . https://doi.org/10.34233/jpr.919356
AMA	Amad A . The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens. JPS. 2020; 18(1): 13-18.
Vancouver	Amad A . The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens. Journal of Poultry Research. 2020; 18(1): 13-18.
IEEE	A. Amad , "The effect of natural zeolite as feed additive on performance and egg quality in old laying hens", Journal of Poultry Research, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 13-18, Dec. 2021, doi:10.34233/jpr.919356