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PERFORMANCE, EGG QUALITY, AND SOME SERUM PARAMETERS OF LAYERS FED DIFFERENT PARTS OF STINGING NETTLE (URITICA DIOICA)

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Last updated: 13 Jan 2025

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Tags

Animal nutrition; Clinical Nutrition; Nutritional diseases

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dried stinging nettle plant parts (roots, leaves, seeds) on performance, egg quality, and some biochemical serum parameters. The experiment used 96 Hy-Line W-36 layers, of 28 weeks of age, and was randomly divided into four dietary treatments: the first group fed a diet without nettle as a control (CG), the second group (RG) fed a diet treated with 1% nettle roots, the third group (LG) fed a diet treated with 1% nettle leaves, and the fourth group (SG) fed a diet treated with 1% nettle seeds. Each experimental unit used four replicates, six layers each. The density of 595 cm2 / bird. The experimental period lasted 16 weeks. The results demonstrated that supplementing 1% roots, leaves, or seeds of stinging nettle to layers diets did not show any significant differences in egg production, egg mass, egg weight, feed intake, and feed conversion ratio (FCR). Likewise, yolk%, albumen%, eggshell%, yolk index, and Haugh units, serum levels of total protein, total cholesterol, triglyceride, glucose, AST, and ALT, as well, egg yolk cholesterol concentration did not show significant differences (P>0.05). Generally, the use of 1% of stinging nettle parts, such as roots, leaves, and seeds did not improve performance, egg quality, and biological serum parameters.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2024.314387.1361

Keywords

egg quality, ALT, AST, Cholesterol, Haugh units

Authors

First Name

HUZAIFA

Last Name

MAZNOUK

MiddleName

J.

Affiliation

Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Idlib University, Idlib, Syria

Email

huzaifa.maznouk@idlib-university.com

City

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Orcid

0009-0004-7099-1687

Volume

71

Article Issue

184

Related Issue

52949

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-08-21

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

289

Page End

300

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_402651.html

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402,651

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Research article

Type Code

1,840

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

Publication Link

https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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PERFORMANCE, EGG QUALITY, AND SOME SERUM PARAMETERS OF LAYERS FED DIFFERENT PARTS OF STINGING NETTLE (URITICA DIOICA)

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Article

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13 Jan 2025