Administration of probiotics to increase egg production and extend the productivity on late-phase laying hen: a review by Kumalasari, Chitra, Adriani, Lovita, Yudha Asmara, Indrawati, Nayan, Nazri

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Effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) leaf meal supplementation on production performance and egg quality of laying hens by Seman Kedir, Metekia Tamiru, Dawit Adisu Tadese, Lishan Takele, Melaku Mulugeta, Ashenafi Miresa, Jane Wamatu, Ashraf Alkhtib, Emily Burton

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Efficacy of a Modified Clinoptilolite Based Adsorbent in Reducing Detrimental Effects of Ochratoxin A in Laying Hens by Marko Vasiljević, Darko Marinković, Dragan Milićević, Jelka Pleadin, Srđan Stefanović, Saša Trialović, Jog Raj, Branko Petrujkić, Jelena Nedejković Trialović

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Use of extruded eggshell as a calcium source substituting limestone or oyster shell in the diet of laying hens by Mohammad Aminul Islam, Masahide Nishibori

“…Therefore, no adverse effect of calcium sources on the production of laying hen was observed. Of these, extruded eggshell especially the 8% extruded eggshell may be beneficial to use in the diet of laying hen for producing a quality, safe and profitable egg.…”
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Nutritional levels of digestible threonine in brown-egg laying hens from 75 to 90 weeks of age by Márcia Antonia Bartolomeu Agustini, Ricardo Vianna Nunes, Christiane Garcia Vilela, Sabrina Endo Takahashi, Valter Oshiro Vilela, Rachel Santos Bueno, Clauber Polese

“…The variables percent albumin and shell showed quadratic effects, so the recommended dietary digestible threonine level was 5.20 g/kg, which corresponds to 0.648 g threonine/hen/day, and 5.25 g/kg, which is equivalent to 0.654 g threonine/hen/ day, respectively. …”
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Hens That Exhibit Poorer Feed Efficiency Produce Eggs with Lower Albumen Quality and Are Prone to Being Overweight by Doreen Onyinye Anene, Yeasmin Akter, Peter Campbell Thomson, Peter Groves, Sonia Liu, Cormac John O’Shea

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Albumen Quality of Fresh and Stored Table Eggs: Hen Genotype as a Further Chance for Consumer Choice by Chiara Rizzi

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Cow's milk and hen's egg anaphylaxis: A comprehensive data analysis from the European Anaphylaxis Registry by Ewa Cichocka‐Jarosz, Sabine Dölle‐Bierke, Urszula Jedynak‐Wąsowicz, Dominique Sabouraud‐Leclerc, Alice Köhli, Lars Lange, Nikolaos G. Papadopoulos, Jonathan Hourihane, Katja Nemat, Kathrin Scherer Hofmeier, Stephanie Hompes, Hagen Ott, Lucila Lopes de Oliveira, Thomas Spindler, Christian Vogelberg, Margitta Worm

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Broiler breeder hen performance and egg hatchability during rainy season in Brazilian semi-arid region by Dermeval A. Furtado, Laura D. C. A. Tota, José W. B. Nascimento, Mércia C. da C. Guimarães, José P. Lopes Neto

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Dietary vitamin D3 supplementation protects laying hens against lipopolysaccharide-induced immunological stress by Yanqiang Geng, Qiugang Ma, Zhong Wang, Yuming Guo

“…After 10 weeks of feeding, six hens from each treatment were injected intravenously with 8 mg/kg of body weight of either LPS or saline. …”
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Using egg production longitudinal recording to study the genetic background of resilience in purebred and crossbred laying hens by Nicolas Bedere, Tom V. L. Berghof, Katrijn Peeters, Marie-Hélène Pinard-van der Laan, Jeroen Visscher, Ingrid David, Han A. Mulder

“…The aims of this study were to: (i) estimate the genetic parameters of resilience indicator traits based on egg production data, (ii) assess whether these traits are genetically correlated in purebreds and crossbreds, and (iii) assess the genetic correlations of these traits with egg production (EP) as total number of eggs between 25 and 83 weeks. Purebred hens (33,825 from a White Leghorn (WA) line and 34,397 from a Rhode Island (BD) line were housed in individual cages, while crossbred hens were housed in collective cages of 6 to 8 paternal half-sibs (12,852 WA and 3898 BD crossbred groups, where the name of the group refers to the line used as the sire). …”
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Digestible tryptophan:digestible lysine ratio in diets for laying hens from 24 to 40 weeks of age by Arele Arlindo Calderano, Paulo Cezar Gomes, Juarez Lopes Donzele, Sergio Luiz de Toledo Barreto, Cássia Rampini Vellasco, Heloisa Helena de Carvalho Mello, Guilherme Rodrigues Lelis, Tatiana Cristina da Rocha

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Investigation of Egg Quality Characteristics Affecting Egg Weight of Lohmann Brown Hen with Data Mining Methods by Thobela Louis Tyasi, Şenol Çelik

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Trace Mineral Sources and Rosemary Oil in the Diet of Brown Laying Hens: Egg Quality and Lipid Stability by NR Batista, ERM Garcia, CAL Oliveira, NN Arguelo, KMR Souza

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Effects of Bacteriophage Supplementation on Egg Performance, Egg Quality, Excreta Microflora, and Moisture Content in Laying Hens by P. Y. Zhao, H. Y. Baek, I. H. Kim

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Dietary phytogenic inclusion level affects production performance and expression of ovarian cytoprotective genes in laying hens by Ioannis P. Brouklogiannis, Evangelos C. Anagnostopoulos, Eirini Griela, Vasileios V. Paraskeuas, Konstantinos C. Mountzouris

“…Performance parameters were closely monitored on a weekly basis and analyzed in the following 3 experimental periods: 1 to 4 wk, 5 to 8 wk, and 9 to 12 wk of treatment administration (i.e., 21–24, 25–28, and 29–32 wk of layers age, respectively). …”
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Biofortified orange corn increases xanthophyll density and yolk pigmentation in egg yolks from laying hens by Darwin Ortiz, Tyler Lawson, Rachel Jarrett, Ashley Ring, Kailynn L. Scoles, Lisa Hoverman, Evan Rocheford, Darrin M. Karcher, Torbert Rocheford

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Dietary Chinese herbal formula supplementation improves yolk fatty acid profile in aged laying hens by Zhihua Li, Chengwen Meng, Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Wencao Lin, Jue Gui, Yadong Cui, Wei Lan, Qinghua He, Xiangfeng Kong

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The Effect of Different Levels of Monosodium Glutamate on Performance, Egg Quality Characteristics and Blood Parameters of Laying Hens by Mohammad Kazemi fard, Ali asghar Kardel, Essa Dirandeh, Mansour Rezaei

“…The experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design in four periods 14-day for 8 weeks. Experimental treatments included 0, 0.4, 0.8 and 1.2% levels of monosodium glutamate per kg of feed. …”
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The Variability of Quality Traits of Table Eggs and Eggshell Mineral Composition Depending on Hens’ Breed and Eggshell Color by Kamil Drabik, Małgorzata Karwowska, Karolina Wengerska, Tomasz Próchniak, Agnieszka Adamczuk, Justyna Batkowska

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