TY - JOUR T1 - Effect of Dietary Levels of Raw Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Seeds on Layers Performance, Egg Quality and Plasma Constituents AU - Tamador Algam, A. AU - A. Abdalhag, Mojahid AU - Osman, Rashid H. AU - A. Abdel Atti, Khadiga AU - Babiker Zomrawi, Wafaa JO - Research Journal of Poultry Sciences VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 5 PY - 2019 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5285 DO - rjpscience.2019.1.5 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjpscience.2019.1.5 KW - plasma constituents KW -egg quality KW -layers performance KW -Cicer arietinum L. KW -phosphorus AB - Experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding chickpea seeds on layer’s performance, egg quality and serum constituents. Eighty of 30 weeks old Hi-sex laying hens were fed four iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous experimental diets containing 0, 5, 10 and 15% raw chickpea seeds were formulated to meet the nutrients requirements as outlined by NRC in 1994. Experiment was in a Completely Randomize (CRD) comprised layer hen diet. Each treatment was replicated four times with fife birds/replicate. Parameters measured were feed intake, body weight gain, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), protein efficiency ratio, some blood parameters (glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, total protein, calcium and phosphorus) egg quality (external and internal egg characteristics) and profitability. The results indicated that feed intake was significantly (p<0.05) depressed with increasing the level of chickpea seeds in the diet. Egg weights, FCR, body weight loss and hen-day egg production were not affected p>0.05 by the dietary treatments. External egg quality characteristics were not influenced p>0.05 by the dietary treatment, except shell weight decreased for group received control and 5% chickpea seeds. Internal quality characteristics were not affected p>0.05 by the dietary treatments, except yolk high and yolk index were significantly p<0.05 lower for group received 5 and 15% chickpea seeds. Egg yolk color was affected p>0.05 by the dietary treatments was improved as the level of chickpea seeds increased. Serum glucose, total protein, phosphorus, calcium and Triglyceride were affected by dietary treatments. Serum cholesterol was decrease by feed 10% and 15 chickpea seeds and lower for group received 15% chickpeas seeds. High profit was recorded for egg production birds received 15% chickpea seed. ER -