Effect of Vitamin C on Performance, Egg Characteristics and Some Blood Parameters of Laying Hens

Rahmati, Masoud Mohammad Hossein; Saki, A.A; Zamani, P; Eskandarlou, A; Tahmasebpour, B

doi:10.22067/ijasr.v3i3.11297

Effect of Vitamin C on Performance, Egg Characteristics and Some Blood Parameters of Laying Hens

Document Type : Scientific - Research Articles

Authors

Masoud Mohammad Hossein Rahmati

A.A Saki

P Zamani

A Eskandarlou

B Tahmasebpour

Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Bo Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran

10.22067/ijasr.v3i3.11297

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of vitamin C on laying hens performance, egg characteristics and some blood parameters under normal rearing condition. One hundred and ninety two 24 - weeks - old laying hens diet were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments (0, 250, 500 and 750 mg vitamin C/kg diet) and 4 replicates for 105 days. Although feed consumption, feed conversion ratio and hen–day egg production were similar among treatments (P>0.05), final body weight was significantly increased (P

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