Mahmood H.M. Amem
Department of Animal Hygiene, Kalar Technical Institute, Foundation of Technical Education, Sulaimaniya, Iraq
Hazim J. Al-Daraji
Department of Animal Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
ABSTRACT
The aim of the present research was to, evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation with different levels of zinc (0, 50, 75, 100 mg/kg diet) on egg quality traits of Cobb 500 broiler breeder hens. The four experimental diets were as follows: T1 = the basal diet (control) without any addition (0 Zn). T2 = 50 mg Zn (pure zinc)/kg diet. T3 = 75 mg Zn (pure zinc)/kg diet T4 = 100 mg Zn(pure zinc)/kg diet. From the applied results which were selected a long the entire research period, we could be conclude the following: All of the egg quality traits and total mean of egg quality of broiler breeders hens were significantly affected by the different levels of dietary zinc supplementation except in both ESG and shell thickness. On the other hand, supplemental dietary zinc detected the highest (p<0.05) egg weight/week as compared to control group and had a significant effect (p<0.05) in accumulative egg weight.
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Mahmood H.M. Amem and Hazim J. Al-Daraji, 2011. Zinc Improves Egg Quality in Cobb500 Broiler Breeder Females. International Journal of Poultry Science, 10: 471-476.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2011.471.476
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2011.471.476
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2011.471.476
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2011.471.476
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