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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published June 2022 | Volume 10, Issue 3. pp. 43-51.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v10i3.22.113

 

Effect of extruded eggshell, limestone and oyster shell on egg production performance of laying hens

 



 

 

M. A. Islam1*

N. C. Das1

M. Nishibori2

 

Email Author

 

1. Department of Dairy and Poultry Science, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh.

2. Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8528, Japan.


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Citation: Islam MA, Das NC, Nishibori M  (2022). Effect of extruded eggshell, limestone and oyster shell on egg production performance of laying hens. J. Agric. Crop Res. 10(3):43-51. doi: 10.33495/jacr_v10i3.22.113.

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 Abstract 


The present study was carried out to assess the effect of extruded eggshell, limestone and oyster shells with different levels (L1= 4% Ca sources, L2= 8% Ca sources) on egg production performance and profitability at different ages of laying hens. A total of 120, Isa-brown ready-to pullets of 18 weeks old were distributed into three dietary treatment groups; D1 (diet with limestone), D2 (diet with oyster shell) and D3 (diet with extruded eggshell) with 4% and 8% levels having 20 birds each. The birds were reared in individual cage management systems providing diets containing 18% crude protein, 2750 Kcal ME/Kg, 3.0% Ca, 0.5% phosphorus, 0.5% lysine, 0.3% methionine, and 0.2% tryptophan for one year of laying period. Body weight, feed intake, egg production, hen-day, hen-housed, egg mass production, feed conversion ratio (FCR), survivability, production cost and net profit differed significantly among the dietary groups. The highest feed intake was observed in D1, moderate in D3 and the lowest in D2. The diet D3 showed the highest number of eggs, hen-day, hen-housed and egg mass production, followed by D1 and D2, respectively. The D3 showed the highest survivability and net profit, and the lowest FCR and production cost, followed by D2 and D1, respectively. The L2 performed better than L1 in terms of egg production performance and net profit. However, the diet with 8% extruded eggshell was superior to the diet with 8% limestone or Oyster shell in terms of egg production and net profit. The egg production and net profit increased with the increased age of the bird. Therefore, the diet with 8% extruded eggshell may be beneficial to use in the diet of laying hens.

Keywords  Bird age   calcium source   egg production   laying hen   calcium source level   net profit  

 

 

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