Effect of adding vitamin E and selenium element to drinking water in some parameters of hatchery eggs in broiler breeders

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim of studying the effect of adding vitamin E and selenium element to drinking water on some parameters of hatchery eggs for broiler breeders. The experiment was carried out on the Indian River broiler breeders flock (6882 broiler breeders) in Sednaya poultry facility of the General poultry establishment in two age stages, first at age of (33- 34 weeks) and secondly, at age of (43-44 weeks).the preparation containing vitamin E and selenium was added either daily (200 ml) or once every two days (400 ml). the produced eggs was collected from experiment and control pens and evaluated and 4800 eggs of eggs suitable for hatching from each treatment were entered into the hatchery department and hatching them at each age separately.

The search results showed the following:

The rate of egg laying (70.59%), the rate of hatching (87.68%) and the rate of hatching (80.85%) improved significantly upon daily addition of vitamin E and selenium (treatment Ⅰ) at 44 weeks of age, The percentage of eggs suitable for hatching (92.7%) at 44 weeks of age improved significantly compared to the control (91.4%). The addition of the tested preparation had no effect on the average egg weight and the resulting sauce weight.