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.