Effects of duration and supplementation dose with astaxanthin on egg fortification

ABSTRACT: Long-term and graded dose of astaxanthin supplementation in laying hen's diet was assessed for egg fortification. Five groups of laying hens with 8 replications each were fed for 24 wk with diet supplemented astaxanthin at 0 mg/kg (control), 7.1 mg/kg, 14.2 mg/kg, 21.3 mg/kg, and 42.6...

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Main Authors: Dieudonné M. Dansou, Hao Wang, Ramdhan D. Nugroho, Weizhao He, Qingyu Zhao, Chaohua Tang, Huiyan Zhang, Junmin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121003382