Impact of adding natural bioactive mixture composed of lemon, onion, and garlic juice at different levels on productive performance, egg quality, and some blood parameters of commercial laying hens

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Chemical analysis (%) of feed ingredients

Item	Soybean meal (SBM)	Protein concentrations	LOG	Yellow corn (YC)
Moisture	6.39	3.05	96.73	7.35
Chemical analysis on DM basis
Organic matter (OM)	94.84	92.72	2.93	98.61
Crude protein (CP)	44.00	45.00	1.90	9.22
Crude fiber (CF)	4.41	2.96	0.00	4.07
Ether extract (EE)	0.77	1.49	1.03	4.51
Nitrogen-free extract (NFE)	45.66	43.27	0.00	80.81
Ash	5.16	7.28	0.34	1.39
Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg DM)*	3152	3129	139	3038

*Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg DM) was calculated according to NRC (1994)
LOG natural bioactive mixture juice composed of lemon, onion, and garlic juice at portions 1.00, 1.00, and 0.125/l clean water