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This experiment was performed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with flax
seed on the egg quality of laying quail. A total of 320 Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
wk old were allocated to 4 treatment groups with 4 replicates containing 20 quail each. Birds
were fed a commercial diet containing 0% (C), 2% (T1), 4% (T2), or 6% (T3) flax seed. Birds
received water and diet ad libitum during the total period of the experiment. Egg quality
characteristics were monitored over 3 consecutive 21-day periods. Egg quality criteria involved in
this experiment involved egg weight, yolk diameter, yolk height, yolk weight, albumen height,
albumen weight, shell weight, shell thickness, Haugh unit, albumen percentage, yolk perc
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