Performance of Commercial Laying Hens When Fed Diets with Various Sources of Energy |
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| Institution: | Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 |
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| Abstract: | Two experiments were conducted to determine the influence of adding various fat sources to the diet of the aged (76 to 84 wk) commercial laying hen. In experiment 1, corn-soybean meal diets were fed with 0, 2 and 4% corn oil. A diet containing 13.85% wheat bran was fed with and without 4% corn oil. A sixth diet contained 2% corn oil and 26.21% sugar. No difference in egg production among the 6 treatments was observed. The addition of 4% corn oil produced a nonsignificant increase in egg weight. The corn-soybean meal diet containing no corn oil also was used as the control in experiment 2. Seven treatment diets were fed with 4% fat from various sources. No difference in egg production among the 8 treatments was observed. Egg weight was higher when the diet contained added fat except when tallow was added. |
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| Keywords: | laying hen egg weight energy intake fat |
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