Effect of dietary fibre on the performance of laying hens

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Abstract
In tests to determine whether gizzard weight could be influenced by dietary fiber concentrations, caged layers were fed on diets containing 15, 30 or 60 g pine shavings/kg diet. As dietary fiber content increased, gizzard weight increased, but there was no effect on body weight, hen-day production, egg weight efficiency of food conversion, mortality, percentage of liver either extract or egg shell breaking strength. Percentage of body ether extract tended to be lower when pine shavings were fed.