Ginger extract enhances antioxidant ability and immunity of layers

This experiment was to investigate ginger extract on production performance, antioxidant ability and immunity of laying hens. A total of 600 Hy-Line brown laying hens aged at 25 wk old were randomly divided into 2 treatments, 4 replicates per treatment, 75 layers each replicate. The control group he...

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Published in:Animal Nutrition 2019-12, Vol.5 (4), p.407-409
Main Authors: An, Shengying, Liu, Guanzhong, Guo, Xin, An, Yahui, Wang, Renyu
Format: Article
Language:English
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Poultry Nutrition
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Summary:This experiment was to investigate ginger extract on production performance, antioxidant ability and immunity of laying hens. A total of 600 Hy-Line brown laying hens aged at 25 wk old were randomly divided into 2 treatments, 4 replicates per treatment, 75 layers each replicate. The control group hens were fed a basal diet; the experimental group hens were fed basal diets with 0.1% ginger extract. The results were shown as follows: 1) ginger extract significantly enhanced laying rates (  
ISSN:2405-6545
2405-6383
DOI:10.1016/j.aninu.2019.05.003