Effects of Feeding White Leghorn Hens Diets that Contain Deoxynivalenol (Vomitoxin)-Contaminated Wheat

Effects of mycotoxin-contaminated diets and deactivating compound in laying hens: 2. effects on white shell egg quality and characteristics.

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of dietary inclusion of Mycofix Select (Biomin GmbH, Herzogenburg, Austria) on discrete egg parameters and quality characteristics of hens fed mycotoxin-contaminated diets (aflatoxin; AFLA) and deoxynivalenol (DON)) during a 10-wk trial. A 4 × 2 factorial design was used with 4 contamination levels: control, low (0.5 mg/kg of AFLA + 1.0 mg/kg ...

Embryotoxicity of 4-deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) in mice.

Effects of Inclusion of Ground Prosopis juliflora Pod on Fertility and Hatchability of White Leghorn Hens

Chickens are kept in many parts of the world irrespective of climate, traditions, life standard, and there is no religious taboo related to consumption of eggs and chicken meat like those for pig meat [1]. To the poor majority people of rural areas, chickens serve as an immediate source of meat and income when money is needed for urgent family requirement [2]. It renders a significant contribut...

Effects of Inclusion of Ground Prosopis juliflora Pod on Fertility and Hatchability of White Leghorn Hens

Chickens are kept in many parts of the world irrespective of climate, traditions, life standard, and there is no religious taboo related to consumption of eggs and chicken meat like those for pig meat [1]. To the poor majority people of rural areas, chickens serve as an immediate source of meat and income when money is needed for urgent family requirement [2]. It renders a significant contribut...

Effects on White Leghorn Hens of Constant Exposure to Ultraviolet Light from Insect Traps1,2

Constant exposure of Hy-Line W-36 White Leghorn hens to ultraviolet light from insect traps resulted in no significant differences in egg production, fertility, hatchability of fertile eggs, or total hatchability. Also, there were no apparent effects on the eyes of the birds. Results were the same when either blacklight or blacklight blue tubes were used. The need for additional testing of lig...