the effects of different levels of pomegranate seed pulp with multi-enzyme on performance, egg quality and serum antioxidant in laying hens

this study was conducted to investigate the effect of supplementation different levels of pomegranate seed pulp (psp) on performance and blood parameters in laying hens. a total of 96 layers hens (hy-line w-36) at 24 week of age were randomly assigned into 4 treatments including 0 (control), 5, 10 and 15% of psp, with 4 replicates containing 6 layers in each. results showed no significant effect of psp levels on feed intake, egg mass, egg weight, feed conversion ratio and body weight gain. supplementation of psp at 5% increased egg production and is significantly different (p