Response of laying hens to vitamin C supplementation through drinking water under sub-tropical conditions
Response of laying hens to vitamin C supplementation through drinking water under sub-tropical conditions
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DOI:
10.3184/175815508x360461
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
0.6
通讯作者:
Kamran, Zahid
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作者:
Ahmed, Waseem;Ahmad, Shakeel;Kamran, Zahid
Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) was evaluated for its effects on production performance, and plasma ascorbic acid, blood glucose and serum cholesterol levels in heat-stressed laying hens. One hundred and fifty, 72-week-old single comb white Leghorn hens in their second laying year cycle were kept at high ambient environmental temperature (average of 34.5 degrees C; range 28-42 degrees C) throughout the experimental period of 12 weeks. Three levels of vitamin C, 0, 1,000, or 1,200 ppm, were supplemented through drinking water to the treatment groups A (control), B and C, respectively. Hen-housed egg production, efficiency for feed conversion, egg weight and egg mass were improved (P