Effect of Red Pepper () Powder or Red Pepper Pigment on the Performance and Egg Yolk Color of Laying Hens

Effect of Red Pepper () Powder or Red Pepper Pigment on the Performance and Egg Yolk Color of Laying Hens

Two experiments were conducted to study the effects of red pepper (Capsicum frutescens) powder or red pepper pigment on the performance and egg yolk color of laying hens. In Exp. 1, 210, thirty-wk old, Hy-line Brown laying hens were fed one of seven diets containing 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 2.0, 4.8 or 9.6 pp...

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Main Authors: Huaqiang Li, Liji Jin, Feifei Wu, Philip Thacker, Xiaoyu Li, Jiansong You, Xiaoyan Wang, Sizhao Liu, Shuying Li, Yongping Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2012-11-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Subjects:
Egg Yolk Color
Egg Weight
Laying Hens
Pigments
Red Pepper Powder
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