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Effect Of Organic Based Trace Mineral Plus Vitamin D Mixture On Egg
Production And Egg Shell Quality Of Broiler Breeder Hens
S. N. SABER1 1 1, N. TOY1, H. R. KUTLU1
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The University of Cukurova, Agricultural Faculty, Department of Animal Science, 01330 Adana/Turkey *Corresponding Author: ntoy@cu.edu.tr
Abstract
The present study was aimed to determine effect of organic based mineral plus vitamin D mixture containing zinc, manganese, iron, copper, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, and vitamin D on egg production and egg shell quality of broiler breeder hens. The study was total of 200 Ross 308 broiler breeder hens were divided into four treatment groups with 5 replicates of 10 birds each. Control group was fed a diet formulated without organic 2.0 kg/tonne organic mineral/vitamin mixture respectively. According to data obtained in the first four weeks of trial showed that organic mineral/vitamin mixture supplement increased egg production, egg weight and mass. Feed conversion efficiency was numerically greater in broiler laying hens fed the supplemented diet. The supplement increased eggshell strength significantly. In addition there was a decrease in damaged egg rate and a increase hatching eggs ratio. It was found that the dietary supplementation of organic mineral/vitamin mixture had positive impacts on egg quality parameters, especially the diet supplemented with 1.0 kg/tonne increased egg production, egg size, eggshell strength, and hatching eggs ratio. It could be concluded that organic mineral/vitamin mixture may supply significant profits when considering increased broiler meat production due to high hatching eggs. This research was financially supported by the Cukurova University Scientific Research Projects Coordination -BAP) under a research project (No: FBA-2014-2449). The authors gratefully
-BAP for financial support.
Keywords: broiler breeder hens, organic mineral/vitamin mixture, egg production, egg Shell strength.
