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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HIMAX BS-7 (SODIUM BENTONITE) ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL LA YERS
Nasir Ali Tauqir, Zafar lqbal Chughtai, Zaheen Akhtar Farooqi  

Sheep and Goat Development Centre, Rakh Khairewala, District Layyah, Pakistan

Abstract   

    Ninety layers chicks of White Leghorn (commercial Babcock 40 weeks old) were employed for this study to determine the effect of sodium bentonite on the performance of adult layers. The birds were fed commercial layer ration without or with supplementation of sodium bentonite at the rate of 1.0 and 1.5 per cent. Results indicated that sodium bentonite feeding significantly improved egg production, feed intake and feed conversion efficiency when added in the layer's diets.

Key words: Layers, performance, sodium bentonite.

 
   

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)



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