this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of l-carnitine on productive performance, egg quality and blood parameters in laying hens. forty-eight hy-line w-36 egg layers were weighed at 90 weeks of age and randomly allocated into 16 cages (three hens per cage). four dietary treatments were prepared by supplementing l-carnitine (0, 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg of diet)...

OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein sources (soybean meal, SBM; low-gossypol cottonseed meal, LCSM; double-zero rapeseed meal, DRM) on laying performance, egg quality, and plasma parameters of laying hens. METHODS A total of 432 32-wk-old laying hens were randomly divided into 6 treatments with 6 replicates of 12 birds each. The birds were fed diets c...

An experiment was conducted to determine the minimum levels of nonphytate P (NPP) with and without phytase that can be continuously and safely used during the growing and laying periods for diminishing P excretion to the environment. The experiment consisted of a 2 x 8 factorial arrangement of the treatments with two strains (Babcock B-300 and Hy-Line W-98) and eight diets. The birds of the con...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different dietary inclusion of raw yellow lupine seed meal (YLM) on laying hen performance, the fatty acid (FA) profile, physicochemical, and sensory properties of eggs. A total of 224 Lohmann Brown laying hens at 32 wk age were fed isonitrogenous and isocaloric diets for 16 wk. The control diet contained soybean meal (SBM), and in study diet...

introduction apple is one of the most important fruits that is produced in the large amount in iran. it is a good source of vitamins and minerals and active fiber. most of the apples that product in iran are use in food industry for producing different kinds of apple juices. after juicing, more than 20% of apple, remain as waste. the remained matter contain considerable amount of vitamins and m...

The quality of parts produced by a composite tape-laying process is sensitive to the contact force exerted and the abutment of adjacent tape courses kept when the tapes are laid. Thus, a prerequisite for a high performance laying process automated by means of industrial manipulators is the ability to regulate laying force and position precisely in the presence of robot motion inaccuracies and l...

An eight week study was conducted to investigate the effect of inclusion of tomato waste meal in layer diets on laying performance, egg quality and lipid profile as a means to reduce feed cost and pollution. Four laying diets containing tomato waste meal (TWM) at four levels of 0, 3, 6 or 9% were assigned randomly to 4 groups of 40 birds divided among four replicates of 10 birds in each dietary...