Effects of lactobacillus cultures on performance of laying hens, and total cholesterol, lipid and fatty acid composition of egg yolk.

• Main Authors: Kalavathy, Ramasamy, Abdullah, Norhani, Jalaludin, Syed, Michael, Wong, Yin, Wan Ho, Chinna, Karuthan
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Wiley Interscience 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14385/1/Effects%20of%20lactobacillus%20cultures%20on%20performance%20of%20laying%20hens.xps; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14385/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jsfa.3477/pdf

BACKGROUND: The use of antibiotic growth promoters in animal feeds is not approved for laying hens in many countries, and economically feasible biological measures which include probiotics are developed to improve hen performance. The present study investigated the effects of probiotics on hen perfo...