Effect of Using Organic Acids (Lactic acid and Acetic acids) on the Egg Quality Traits and Intestinal Flora of Layer Hens | ||
| Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 31, Volume 29, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 391-404 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2016.121819 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ammar T. Al-Tamimi; Mohammed A. H. Al; | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was carried out at the Department of Poultry Farm of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Diyala during the period from 1/9/2015 until 1/1/2016, in order to study the effect of adding organic acids (lactic acid and acetic acid) individually to the diets of laying hens and their impact on the productive performance of the chicken. One hundred and fifty laying hens Lohmann brown were used at 18 weeks of age, and weighed individually and distributed randomly at 19 weeks of age on five treatments with three replicates per treatment (10 hens/ replicate) The treatments : first: control without any addition, the second and third adding 0.2%, 0.4% of lactic acid respectively, and the fourth and fifth has included the addition of 0.2, 0.4% of the Acetic acid respect. Adding treatments organic acids to the diets improved shell and egg weights also yolk weight. No significant differences between treatments in shell thickness. Adding treatments showed significant decrease in the number of (total bacteria, coliform), while Lactobacilli increased significantly for adding treatments compared to the control increased in the small intestine. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Organic acids; layer hens; Egg Quality | ||
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