PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY OF LAYING HENS SUPPLEMENTED WITH YEAST EXTRACT IN THE DIET

Authors

  • Fabiane Pereira Gentilini Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Fernanda Medeiros Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Rita Albernaz Gonçalves da Silva Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Perlem Meireles Nunes Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Marcos Antonio Anciuti Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
  • Fernando Rutz Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Keywords:

poultry production

Abstract

Yeast have been used in feeds and foods. A total of 320 Hysex brown layers (26 to 42 weeks of age) were fed diets containing increasing (0, 1, 2 and 3%) levels of an yeast extract. The animals were allocated in cages (4 birds per cage), in a total of 80 cages (replicates) per treatment. Birds were subjected to a completely randomized experimental design. Feed and water were supplied ad libitum. Feed intake, egg production, feed conversion (intake/dz eggs), body weight, egg weight, specific gravity, Haugh units and shell thickness were not influenced by the dietary treatments. These results indicate that yeast extract does not influence performance and external and internal quality of eggs. 
KEY WORDS: Egg production, intake, nucleotides.

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Published

2009-12-17

How to Cite

GENTILINI, Fabiane Pereira; GONÇALVES, Fernanda Medeiros; SILVA, Rita Albernaz Gonçalves da; NUNES, Perlem Meireles; ANCIUTI, Marcos Antonio; RUTZ, Fernando. PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY OF LAYING HENS SUPPLEMENTED WITH YEAST EXTRACT IN THE DIET. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1110–1114, 2009. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4974. Acesso em: 17 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2009)

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Animal Production

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