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ArticlePoultry science2025

Dietary supplementation of lysozyme can improve growth rate, laying performance, blood biochemistry, and mRNA levels of some related genes in different plumage-colored quails.

Ibrahim Elkhaiat, Seham El-Kassas, Karima El-Naggar, Safaa Abdo, Haitham K Shalaby, Mahmoud M Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Reyad Y Nofal

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Ibrahim ElkhaiatDepartment of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt.
Seham El-KassasAnimal, Poultry and Fish Breeding and Production, Department of Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Karima El-NaggarDepartment of Nutrition and Veterinary Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Safaa AbdoGenetics and Genetic Engineering, Department of Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.
Haitham K ShalabyDepartment of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt.
Mahmoud M AzzamDepartment of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alessandro Di CerboSchool of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62024, Matelica, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro811@hotmail.it.
Mahmoud AlagawanyPoultry Department, Agriculture Faculty, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt.
Reyad Y NofalDepartment of Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of dietary lysozyme (LZ) supplementation on the growth and laying performance was investigated over 4 weeks of growing and 6 weeks of laying periods in two different plumage color (white and brown-feathered) Japanese quail varieties. For each variety, 240 birds were randomly assigned into four groups with four replicates for each group. The first group (control) was fed a basal non-supplemented diet (BD). Whereas the 2

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CoturnixMuramidaseReproductionAnimal FeedAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaAnimalsAvian ProteinsBlood Chemical AnalysisDietDietary SupplementsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFeathersFemalePigmentationRandom AllocationRNA, MessengerAvian ProteinsMuramidaseRNA, MessengerGene expressionGrowth performanceLysozymeQuail

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