Dietary 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol Supplementation as a Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> Substitute Improves Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Indexes, Jejunal Morphology, and Tibia Quality in Late-Phase Laying Hens

Dietary 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol Supplementation as a Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> Substitute Improves Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Indexes, Jejunal Morphology, and Tibia Quality in Late-Phase Laying Hens

This study aimed to investigate whether a dietary 25-OHD<sub>3</sub> addition improved the performance, egg quality, blood indexes, antioxidant status, jejunal morphology, and tibia quality of aged laying hens compared to a dietary VD<sub>3</sub> addition. A total of 270 Hy-L...

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Main Authors: Shan Gao, Kai Qiu, Junjie Zheng, Haijun Zhang, Jing Wang, Xiaolong Qi, Shugeng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
25-hydroxycholecalciferol
calcium absorption
performance
tibia health
late-phase laying hens
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/6/878

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