Effects of Rearing Systems on Performance, Egg Characteristics and Immune Response in Two Layer Hen Genotype

• Published in: Asian-australasian journal of animal sciences Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 559 - 568
• Main Authors: Kucukyilmaz, Kamil, Bozkurt, Mehmet, Herken, Emine Nur, Cinar, Mustafa, Catli, Abdullah Ugur, Bintas, Erol, Coven, Fethiye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Egg Characteristics; Cage; Organic; Immune Response; Genotype; Laying Hen Performance

White (Lohmann LSL) and Brown (ATAK-S) laying hens, were reared under organic and conventional cage rearing systems, and the effects of the rearing system on performance parameters, egg production, egg characteristics, and immune response were investigated. For this purpose, a total of 832 laying he...