The Effect of Using Exoskeleton of Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) as a Dietary Calcium Source on the Egg Characteristics of Layer Hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

• Main Authors: Cueto, Kurt Nheil A., De Villa, Matthew Alexander B., Torres, Richard Francis R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Layer hens; calcium; carotenoid; crab; egg
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2021/poster_fnh/2; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1712/viewcontent/Cueto_et_al.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study focuses on the ability to use the exoskeleton of blue crab as alternative calcium and carotenoid supplement for layer hens and its effects on egg characteristics. Three groups of eighty layer hens each were fed a base feed formulation following the standards of the University of the Philip...