Effect of Adding Okra Powder and Vitamin C or E to the Diet on some Qualitative Characteristics and Oxidation Indices in the Eggs of Lohmann Brown-Lite Hens

Abstract The study employed 300 laying hens at 34 weeks of age, divided into 5 treatments with 3 replicates per replication 20 birds each, to determine the impact adding okra powder and vitamins C E (Brown-Lite Lohman) egg broiler diets on certain qualitative features oxidation indicators. were: (T1): control treatment without any addition, (T2) 250 mg vitamin / kg diet, (T3) 200 (T4) 2 gm (T5) ) Add 4 diet. results indicated that there were no significant differences in relative weight shell, white yolk compared treatment. And shell thickness was much greater addition than control. Compared group, recorded a decrease value peroxide number an increase concentration estrogen egg, indicating g feed contributed improvement antioxidants egg.