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Effect of organic and nano trace minerals at reduced levels in layer diets on egg quality characteristics and its trace mineral content

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Title Effect of organic and nano trace minerals at reduced levels in layer diets on egg quality characteristics and its trace mineral content
 
Creator SURESH, B N
SURESH, B N
PRABHU, T M
INDRESH, H C
SUMA, N
GOURI, MAHADEVAPPA D
 
Subject Egg quality, Egg trace minerals, Organic form, Nano particles, Trace minerals
 
Description An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of organic and nano trace minerals (copper, zinc, manganese and iron) at reduced levels in layer diets on various egg quality characteristics and its trace mineral content. 240 Hy- Line W80 layer birds of 29 weeks old were randomly distributed to five treatment groups with four replicates having twelve birds each. Basal diet was supplemented with inorganic trace minerals to meet 100 per cent requirement to form control diet or with organic trace minerals at 75 and 50% of requirement or with nano trace minerals at 50 and 25% of requirement to form four test diets. Each diet was offered to four replicate groups for 84 days which was conveniently divided into three phases of 28 days each. Egg quality parameters, viz. egg weight, egg shape index, albumen index, yolk index, yolk color score, Haugh unit score, egg shell weight, albumen weight and yolk weight among the treatment groups were not affected by source and level of trace minerals. However, egg shell thickness was significantly higher in 25% nano trace mineral group on 28th day. The trace minerals (Zn and Fe) in the yolk were significantly lower at reduced trace mineral levels (50% organic or nano and 25% nano form) when compared to 100% (inorganic) and 75% levels (organic form). It was concluded that the substitution of inorganic trace minerals with organic or nano trace minerals at reduced levels (50 or 25%, respectively) in layer diets does not affect the egg quality parameters, but reduces Zn and Fe content in egg yolk.
 
Publisher Indian Council of Agricultural Research
 
Date 2024-08-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/151707
10.56093/ijans.v94i8.151707
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol. 94 No. 8 (2024); 700–706
2394-3327
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/151707/55367
 
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