International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (1322) Last page : (1328)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5938

Influence of Linseed oil Supplementation on Production Performance in Laying Hens

Promila, Nand Kishore, Jyoti Shunthwal*, Rakesh Verma, and Rakesh Kumar
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Sciences, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: jyotishunthwal@gmail.com
Received: 15.09.2017  |  Revised: 17.10.2017   |  Accepted: 20.10.2017  

 ABSTRACT

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of supplementing different levels of linseed oil in the laying hens’ diet on their production performance and egg quality parameters during a period of 16 weeks. One hundred forty White Leghorn layers were randomly distributed into seven experimental groups having 5 replications of 4 birds in each and sited in individual cages from 22 to 38 weeks of age. The laying hens of control group (T1) were fed a basal diet formulated as per BIS (2007) standards. The layers of treatment groups T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7 were fed basal diet supplemented with linseed oil at levels of 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 and 4%, respectively.The main results indicated a significant (p<0.05) decrease in feed intake in layers fed @ 3, 3.5 and 4% linseed oil. FCR (kg/dozen eggs and kg/kg egg mass) was significantly better in T4 (2.5% linseed oil) and T7 (4% linseed oil) as compare to T1 (control).Average egg weight differed significantly (p<0.05) being higher in T4, T5, T6 and in T7 it was highest. Dry matter metabolizablity was non-significant, while nitrogen retention values were improved (P<0.05) in treatments T6 and T7. Also significant (p<0.05) effect was observed on nitrogen corrected metabolizable energy and gross energy metabolizablity. Thus, supplementation of linseed oil at different levels in laying hens’ diet significantly (P<0.05) improved the egg weight and egg mass production, feed conversion ratio, nitrogen retention and gross energy metabolizablity.

Key words: Linseed oil, Egg production, laying hens, Metabolizablity, Feed conversion ratio

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Cite this article: Promila, Kishore, N., Shunthwal, J., Verma, R. and Kumar, R., Influence of Linseed oil Supplementation on Production Performance in Laying Hens, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 1322-1328 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5938