Effect of carrot leaf supplementation on egg yolk beta-carotene content and egg quality, 2
2001
Ishikawa, S. (Gifu-ken. Livestock Research Inst., Kiyomi (Japan)) | Tachikawa, M. | Hayakawa, H.
Our previous study (part 1) showed that carrot leaf (CL), a farm waste-product, fed to laying hens elevated beta-carotene content and Roche color fan score of egg yolk. The present study was designed to see whether fat inclusion in diets potentiates the CL-induced effects, as described for a chemical product of beta-carotene. To make diets containing CL isocaloric and to retain
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