RESEARCH ARTICLES

Dietary inclusion of flaxseed oil, fish oil and their combinations on production performance and egg quality traits in White Leghorn hens
S. Archana, S. Sankaralingam, P. Anitha, Beena C. Joseph and V. N. Vasudevan

doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.360-367

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2023.54(2):360 - 367

Author Details

S. Archana : MVSc Scholar, Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur - 680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India

S. Sankaralingam : Senior Scientist, AICRP on Poultry for Eggs

P. Anitha : Professor and Head, Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur - 680651, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India

Beena C. Joseph : Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Poultry science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.

V. N. Vasudevan : Associate Professor and Head, Department of Livestock products Technology,  College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India.

 Article History

Received: 04.11.2022 Accepted: 24.01.2023 Published online: 30.06.2023

Corresponding author: S. Archana

e-mail : archanas.s176@gmail.com

Citation: Archana, S., Sankaralingam, S., Anitha, P., Beena, C. J. and Vasudevan, V.N. 2023. Dietary inclusion of flaxseed oil, fish oil and their combinations on production performance and egg quality traits in White Leghorn hens. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(2):360-367

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.360-367



Abstract


A total of 120, 28-week-old White Leghorn hens were randomly selected to study the effect of dietary inclusion of flaxseed oil (FSO) , fish oil (FO) and their combinations on production performance and egg quality traits in White Leghorn hens and the birds were divided into six treatments that had four replicates of five birds each. The experimental groups were fed with control diet and diet containing 5.0 per cent FSO, 5.0 per cent FO, 2.5 per cent FSO + 2.5 per cent FO, 3.5 per cent FSO + 1.5 per cent FO and 1.5 per cent FSO +3.5 per cent FO. The experiment was conducted from 29 to 40 weeks of age comprising three, 28-day periods. The obtained data on statistical analysis, did not reveal any significant difference in body weight, egg production, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, egg weight and egg quality traits of White Leghorn hens among all the treatment groups at all the periods of age.

Keywords: Flaxseed oil, fish oil, production performance, egg quality