Document Type

Report

Report Number

Poultry 81-9

Publication Date

1981

Summary

Pelleting of feed or the use of antibiotics has been shown to improve laying hen performance under certain conditions. The results from a previous experiment at this station showed that, while pelleting of a low density diet improved hen-day egg production, bacitracin increased production only during the later stages of production. Feed conversion was considerably improved due to either pelleting or the addition of bacitracin when the hens were over 60 weeks old. Neither form nor level of bacitracin (10, 20 and 40 g/ton) appeared to influence the overall performance.

Number of Pages

3

Type

text

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University

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