Effect of different levels of organic chromium on performance and egg quality characteristics of laying hens reared at high stock density

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Khuzestan, Iran

2 MSc. Student of Poultry Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Khuzestan, Iran

3 Sabbatical leave student of Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Khuzestan, Iran

Abstract

In order to study the
effects of various levels of organic chromium on performance
and egg quality characteristics of
laying hens reared at high stock density, an experiment was done using two
levels of density (three and five birds per cage) and four levels of organic chromium (0, 300, 600
and 900 ppb) with 192 laying hens (Hy-line W-36) in a completely randomized
design with factorial arrangement of 4×2 with six replicates. The results showed that dietary
supplementation of chromium at normal and high stock density had not
significant effect on performance of layers. Egg weight significantly increased
at levels of 600 and 900 ppb (56.96 and 56.91 g) and feed intake significantly
decreased (99.34 vs. 105.05) in birds reared at high stock density
compared to the birds reared at normal stock density (p < /em><0.05). In the
first four, second, and whole periods of sampling, dietary inclusion of
chromium at normal and high stock density, increased significantly egg yolk
color and egg shell strength compared to the control (p < /em><0.05). Dietary
supplementation of chromium at normal and high stock density had not
significant effect on blood parameters and tibia charachteristics of layers. In
general, the results of the experiment showed that by increasing dietary
supplementation of chromium at high stock density up to 900 ppb, egg yolk color
and egg shell strength significantly increased in laying hens.

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Animal Production Research
Volume 8, Issue 4
March 2020
Pages 51-63

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