Document Type
Report
Report Number
Poultry 83-3
Publication Date
1983
Summary
Lactobacillus types of cultures added to layer diets have shown some beneficial effects on layer performance at this research center (See A.S. Series 76-10, 77-20, 78-7, POULTRY 81-4 and 82-4).
The present experiment was conducted to study further effects of the addition of Lactobacillus types of cultures to layer diets. For this study, 432 Shaver-288 pullets at 28 weeks of age were used. The birds were kept in multiple cages in groups of 12. Nine such groups were assigned to each treatment. Treatment 1 was a regular 16% protein corn-soy type of ration used as the control. Subsequent treatments were the same as 1 plus Lactobacillus acidophilus IX, Lactobacillus acidophilus 2X and Lactobacillus acidophilus IX with Lactobacillus plantarum IX. Egg production, feed consumption and other production parameters were recorded and analyzed for twelve 28-day periods.
Number of Pages
1
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Rakshit, Chandi C. and Carlson, C. W., "Lactobacillus Cultures And Egg Production" (1983). South Dakota Poultry Field Day Proceedings and Research Reports, 1983. 4.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/sd_poultry_1983/4