Effects of dietary fibers intake on eggs production and quality in hens (ITA brown)

• Grant number: 11/09765-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2011
• End date: June 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Isabel Cristina Boleli
• Grantee: Mariana Thimotheo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This work has the objective to evaluate if pectin intake affects the eggs production and quality (lipid, cholesterol and minerals content; weight, porosity and thickness of eggshell; pH, color and density) in hens Ida Brown. (AU)