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EFFECT OF YUCCA (YUCCA SHIDIGERA) EXTRACT SUPPLEMENTATION ON EGG PRODUCTION, EGG QUALITY AND IMMUNE RESPONSE OF LAYING HENS

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Establishing stability between declining ecological influences and livestock growth is essential to confirming the sustainability of animal protein supply. In order to produce clean and healthy poultry products, it is necessary to add medicinal natural plant additives to the feed. Yucca shidigera found to do this mission in addition to it could be cultivated under tropical conditions of desert, which ensures its possibility for use as a tool for encountering the worldwide climate changes. Two Hundred and seventy (270) laying hens were used for studying the effect of two levels of yucca (0.25%, 250 g/ ton and 0.50%, 500 g/ ton) against control group. Egg production, quality, feed conversion ratio and cellular immune response were examined. Inclusion of Yucca shidigera in laying hens diet improved productive performance (egg number, mass and weight), Haugh unit, shell percentage, shell thickness, feed conversion ratio and partially cellular immune response. Yucca shidigera exhibited that it is capable of improving egg productive and quality criteria, feed efficiency and immune activity. So, Yucca may be incorporated in laying hens diet with a positive effect.However, the results of this study show the need for more research to study the economic cost of adding yucca to poultry diets and to confirm the recommendations of this study.

DOI

10.21608/epsj.2022.278545

Keywords

Yucca shidigera extract, productive performance, Immune Response

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Al-Fehaid

MiddleName

Fahd

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Al-Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia

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iiabozainb@gmail.com

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Qassim, KSA

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First Name

Moataz

Last Name

Fathi

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Al-Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia

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mmfathi@fulbrightmail.org

City

Qassim, KSA

Orcid

0000-0001-9207-3861

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Al-Homidan

MiddleName

Hamad

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Qassim University, Al-Qassim 51452, Saudi Arabia

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homidani@yahoo.com

City

Qassim, KSA

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First Name

osama

Last Name

Abou-Emera

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Department of Poultry Breeding, Animal Production Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

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osama_emera@yahoo.com

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Cairo

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0000-0001-8631-792X

Volume

42

Article Issue

4

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38713

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-11-17

Publish Date

2022-12-20

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483

Page End

500

Print ISSN

1110-5623

Online ISSN

2090-0570

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493

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Egyptian Poultry Science Journal

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https://epsj.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF YUCCA (YUCCA SHIDIGERA) EXTRACT SUPPLEMENTATION ON EGG PRODUCTION, EGG QUALITY AND IMMUNE RESPONSE OF LAYING HENS

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22 Jan 2023