EFFECT OF FEEDING WHITE LEGHORN LAYERS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEHYDRATED ALFALFA MEAL ON PRODUCTIVE TRAITS AND HATCHABILITY IN HIGHT TEMPERATURE

M. Abdul-Latif, K.; A. Mustafa, M.

	EFFECT OF FEEDING WHITE LEGHORN LAYERS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEHYDRATED ALFALFA MEAL ON PRODUCTIVE TRAITS AND HATCHABILITY IN HIGHT TEMPERATURE
IRAQ JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE
Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 0-0
Authors
K. M. Abdul-Latif; M. A. Mustafa
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding White Leghorn layers different levels of dehydrated alfalfa meal 0 , 3 , 6 and 9% diet on productive traits and hatchability in hight temperature . A total of 72 females and 12 males (24 weeks age) were used in this study . Birds were divided randomly on 4 groups of 18 females and 3 males each , during the period from 29 of July to 29 th October. Data showed that groups fed contained 6 and 9% alfalfa meal had a highly significant increase (p<0.01) in the egg production percentage , body weight , food and water intake and food conversion ratio as compared with control group, while no significant differences in mortality percentage among all groups of the experiment . Significant increase (p<0.05) in fertility percentage , while there was highly significant increase (p<0.01) in the hatching percentage and significant decrease (p<0.05) in embryonic mortality percentage as compared with the control group.

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