In recent years, the consumer’s desire for healthier foods has increased the demand for animal products containing low cholesterol and enriched with omega-3 fatty acids. In response to the perceived need, poultry researchers have focused on reducing egg yolk cholesterol to satisfy the health conscious of consumers. The present study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary forage legum...

This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture – University Anbar, Iraq. From 16 January to 5 February 2022, this aimed investigate effect injected egg hatching different sialic acid times in growth and embryonic development. Four hundred eggs types (Ross 308) were with concentrations 0 days (before placing incubator), 7 14 incubation. Eggs divided into four groups (100 each) as follows...

the study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different dietary oil sources supplementation on laying hens’ performance and fatty acids profile of egg yolks. seventy-two 23-week-old laying hens (tetra-sl) divided into six experimental diets (four replicates and three birds per replication) in a completely randomized design for nine weeks. experimental diets were included: 1) control (no oi...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the responses of Tamoxifen (TAM) administration on sexual maturity, productive and reproductive performance and blood parameters in two local juvenile female strains. Ninety females from each of Gimmizah and Bandarah strains at four weeks of age were divided into three equal groups involving 30 chicks per each and injected intramuscularly with TAM twi...

The aim of the current study was to investigate effect different storage period on some external and internal egg quality ovalbumin levels goose eggs. alterations these traits have not been examined sufficiently in eggs during storage. For this purpose, a total 150 were from 50 weeks-old German origin Embden geese. stored under constant temperature (+4°C) ~ 60-65% relative humidity conditions f...

The substitution effect of noug (Guzoitia abyssinica) seed cake with samma (Urtica simensis) leaf meal (SLM) was investigated on egg production and egg quality parameters in commercial layer hens. Five treatment (T) diets were formulated to contain SLM at 0% (T1), 3% (T2), 6% (T3), 9% (T4) and 12% (T5) by substituting noug seed cake. One-hundred fifty Isa Brown layer pullets w...

The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of the dietary inclusion of organic trace minerals selenium and zinc on the performance and internal and external egg quality of Japanese quails submitted to heat stress. Data on egg production, feed conversion (kg feed intake/ kg eggs and dozen eggs), egg weight, egg specific gravity, eggshell thickness and weight, Haugh unit, yolk index, albume...

the 440 fertile eggs, in a completely randomized design were divided into 11 treatments with four replicatesand 10 eggs per each replicate. treatments including: (t1; control; without injection), (t2; injected with 0.3ml saline 9.0%; sham control), (t3, t4 and t5) 25, 75, 125 ppm fe-nano, (t6, t7 and t8) 50, 100, 150 ppmfe-nano-alimet chelate, (t9, t10 and t11) 50, 100, 150 ppm fe-aliment chela...

A study was conducted to determine the effect of live weight of partridges on egg production and egg quality characteristics. A total of 144 Rock Partridges were divided into control, heavy, middle, and light BW groups at 32 wk of age. Live weights averaged 512.78 g for the control group, 576.18 g for the heavy group, 523.49 g for the middle group, and 473.83 g for the light group. Egg producti...