@article{Soldevila_Irizarry_1977, title={Influence of Dry Rum Distillery Slops in Diets for White Leghorn Hens on Laying Rate, Feed Conversion, and Egg Size and Quality}, volume={61}, url={https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/jaupr/article/view/10410}, DOI={10.46429/jaupr.v61i4.10410}, abstractNote={<p>Balanced (isonitrogenous and isocaloric) diets containing from 0 to 35% dried cane molasses rum distillery slops were compared using individually caged White Leghorn hens of the Kimber strain. When production and feed utilization were compared, a stepwise decrease, more pronounced with levels above 20%, was evident with increases in the slops content of the diets. Eggs were permanently stained and hens markedly soiled when consuming diets with levels of dry slops higher than 15%. Averages of egg weight, hen weight, broken-open egg height (inner quality), and shell thickness were not affected by levels of dry slops as high as 35% in the diets. The high levels of K, Mg, and SO<sub>4</sub>  present in the experimental diets did not affect the calcium metabolism involved in shell formation.</p>}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico}, author={Soldevila, Manuel and Irizarry, Renato}, year={1977}, month={Oct.}, pages={465–469} }