Dietary L-Carnitine Supplementation Improves Albumen Quality of Laying Hens

The effect of L-carnitine supplemented into a commercial diet on egg weight, albumen height, Haugh unit, yolk weight and albumen weight of eggs from laying hens was examined. The levels of dietary L-carnitine supplementation were 0, 25, 50 and 200mg/kg. Laying hens were given the diets for 8 weeks....

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Main Authors: Kazumi Kita, Shin-ichi Nakajima, Jiro Nakagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2005-02-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/42/1/42_1_79/_pdf/-char/en