Effect of Dietary Carotenoid on Egg Yolk Color and Singlet Oxygen Quenching Activity of Laying Hens

Autor: Sakura Koizumi, Sadao Kojima, Yuna Shigeta, Yukari Kawami, Ayako Osawa
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: The Journal of Poultry Science. 59:137-142
ISSN: 1349-0486
1346-7395
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.0210032
Popis: The effects of dietary carotenoids on egg yolk were investigated in this study. Forty Rhode Island Red (RR) and 40 Silky Fowl (SF) hens that were 60 weeks old were used. Hens of each breed were randomly divided into four dietary groups. One group was fed a basal diet (crude protein 17%, metabolizable energy 2800 kcal/kg) only, whereas the other groups received a specific additive, namely, paprika extract, marigold petal extract, or
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