Yazarlar |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hüseyin ÇAYAN
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Güray Erener
Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Özet |
This experiment was conducted to measure the effects of olive leaf powder on performance, egg yield, egg quality and yolk cholesterol level of laying hens. A total of 120 Lohmann Brown laying hens of 22 weeks old were used in this experiment. The birds were fed on standard layer diets containing 0, 1%, 2%, or 3% olive leaf powder for 8 weeks. Egg weight and yield were recorded daily; feed intake weekly; egg quality and cholesterol content at the end of the trial. Olive leaf powder had no effect on feed intake, egg weight, egg yield and feed conversion ratio (p>0.05) while olive leaf powder increased final body weight of hens (p<0.05). Dietary olive leaf powder increased yellowness in yolk color (p<0.01) without affecting other quality parameters. Yolk cholesterol content was tended to decrease about 10% (p>0.05). To conclude, olive leaf powder can be used for reducing egg yolk cholesterol content and egg yolk coloring agent in layer diets. |
Anahtar Kelimeler |
Egg Quality | Laying Hens | Oleuropein | Olive Leaf Powder | Yolk Cholesterol |
Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
Dergi Adı | ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES |
Dergi ISSN | 1011-2367 |
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded |
Makale Dili | İngilizce |
Basım Tarihi | 04-2015 |
Cilt No | 28 |
Sayı | 4 |
Sayfalar | 538 / 543 |
Doi Numarası | 10.5713/ajas.14.0369 |
Makale Linki | http://ajas.info/journal/view.php?doi=10.5713/ajas.14.0369 |