[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ANALYSES OF THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND EGG QUALITY PARAMETERS IN LAYING HENS FED BY DIETS CONTAINING RAW AND TREATED COMMON VETCH SEED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Topcu``",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Macit",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Kaya",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Kaya",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2014]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "24",
  "issue": "2",
  "page": "397-405",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>The aim of the study was to determine the technical and economic optimum levels of raw and treated common vetch seed&nbsp;<em>(CVS)</em>&nbsp;on the productive performance and egg quality traits in laying hens. One hundred and sixty-eight White&nbsp;<em>(Lohmann)</em>&nbsp;layers, 30 weeks of age were randomly assigned to seven groups, each with six replicate cages of four hens. Control diet&nbsp;<em>(C)</em>&nbsp;and basal diets supplemented with 12.5 and 25% raw&nbsp;<em>CVS (%12.5 Raw Common Vetch Seed: RCVSI&nbsp;</em>and<em>&nbsp;%25 Raw Common Vetch Seed: RCVSII)</em>, 12.5% and 25% soaking&nbsp;<em>CVS</em>&nbsp;<em>(%12.5 Soaking Common Vetch Seed: SCVSI&nbsp;</em>and<em>&nbsp;%25 Soaking Common Vetch Seed: SCVSII)&nbsp;</em>and 12.5% and 25% autoclaving&nbsp;<em>CVS (%12.5 Autoclaving Common Vetch Seed: ACVSI&nbsp;</em>and<em>&nbsp;%25 Autoclaving Common Vetch Seed: ACVSII)</em>&nbsp;were offered for 18 wks. Production elasticity&nbsp;<em>(Ep)</em>&nbsp;and the equation of marginal value of physical product&nbsp;<em>(MVPP)</em>&nbsp;and marginal resources cost&nbsp;<em>(MRC)</em>&nbsp;were used to determine technical and economic production levels, respectively. The most effective technical and economic optimum with 60.17 and 63.54 g&nbsp;<em>EW</em>&nbsp;(egg weight) in laying henswere obtained from 117.29 and 106.68 g&nbsp;<em>SCVSI&nbsp;</em>feed intakes, respectively. On the other hand, the highest technical optimum levels were obtained by 2.51 kg cm-2&nbsp;<em>SS&nbsp;</em>(shell strength) and 89.56&nbsp;<em>HU</em>&nbsp;(Haugh unit) per 90.91 g&nbsp;<em>ACVSII</em>&nbsp;and 103.97 g&nbsp;<em>RCVSII</em>&nbsp;feed intakes, respectively. The growers could reach to the highest technical and economic optimum levels in laying hens by preferring dietary&nbsp;<em>CVS&nbsp;</em>supplementation vs.&nbsp;<em>C</em>, and thus could provide a major benefit with the effective usage of the scarce source.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2014-JAPS-56"
}]