Effects of Organic Iron Supplementation on the Performance and Iron Content in the Egg Yolk of Laying Hens

An experiment was conducted to determine the efficacy of dietary iron-soy proteinate (Fe-SP) and iron-methionine chelate (Fe-Met) on the performance of laying hens and iron content in egg yolk. Eight hundred Hy-Line Brown laying hens of 68wk old were housed in 400 cages of 2 birds each. Two hundre...

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Published in:	The Journal of Poultry Science
Main Authors:	InKee Paik, HanKyu Lee, SeWon Park
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan Poultry Science Association 2009-07-01
Subjects:	egg shell color iron content of egg-yolk iron-methionine chelate iron-soy proteinate
Online Access:	https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/46/3/46_3_198/_pdf/-char/en