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The impact of dietary vegetable oil sources with or without vitamin E supplementation on the productive performance and egg yolk lipids of quail breeders
Nahed S. H. Abo Egila
Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Waleed M. Dosoky
Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Mohamed H. Ahmed
Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Soliman M. Zahran
Department of Animal and Fish Production, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Ahmed Sh. Awad
Animal Production Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt
Ayman S. Salah
Department of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New Valley University, El-Kharga, Egypt
Mohamed S. El-Kholy
Department of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Maha Abdelhaseib
Animal Science Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Mohamed M. Habib
Department of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Mahmoud Alagawany
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Mahmoud M. Azzam
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Short summary
The goal of the existing trial was to discover the probable impact of sunflower oil, linseed oil, and canola oil with or without vitamin E treatments on the productive parameters and egg yolk lipid metabolism of Japanese quail eggs. In summary, the productive criteria, lipid metabolism, and antioxidant properties of egg yolks in Japanese quail breeders were all positively impacted by the combination of linseed oil, canola oil, and vitamin E during the laying period.
The goal of the existing trial was to discover the probable impact of sunflower oil, linseed...
