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ArticleThe veterinary quarterly2024

Comparison of different dietary levels of iron and zinc for the enrichment of eggs in laying hens.

Zooheb Ullah, Sarzamin Khan, Muhammad Shuaib, Obaid Ullah, Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Majid S Jabir, Ayman A Swelum

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Article in The veterinary quarterly, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. A review of the iron requirements and its determination in commercial poultry.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026
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8 authors.

Zooheb UllahDepartment of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
Sarzamin KhanDepartment of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad ShuaibKey Laboratory of Animal Breeding, Reproduction and Molecular Design for Jiangsu Province, College of Animal Sciences and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Obaid UllahDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Pakistan.
Shahrood Ahmed SiddiquiLivestock and Fisheries Department Government of Sindh, Vaccine Production Unit, Sindh Tandojam, Pakistan.
Anthony Pokoo-AikinsUS National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA ARS, Athens, GA, USA.
Majid S JabirDepartment of Applied Sciences, University of Technology, Baghdad, Iraq.
Ayman A SwelumDepartment of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) are necessary for structural and metabolic functions of the body like, immune competence, physical growth, reproductive function, and neurobehavioral development. The deficiency of micronutrients is a severe public health distress in nearly all developing countries which leads to the syndrome of malnutrition mostly in children and women. The present study was conducted to compare the effect of different levels of Fe and Zn on feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), daily egg production, and Fe and Zn depositions in the egg yolk of laying hens. For this purpose, 80 commercial laying birds were allocated into four groups consisting of four replicates each (

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Animal FeedAnimal Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaChickensDietDietary SupplementsEggsIronZincAnimalsEgg YolkFemaleIronZincatomic absorption spectrometerenriched eggsFe and Zn supplementation of feedwet digestion

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PMCPMC11583324

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