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Article

Effects of Different Levels of Carrot Juice Supplementation in Drinking Water on Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Parameters, and Gut Health of Babcock White Laying Hens

by
Umit Ozcinar
1,
Muhammet Emre Orman
1,*,
Cangir Uyarlar
1,
Eyup Eren Gultepe
2,
Oğuz Kağan Türedi
3,
Aamir Iqbal
1,
İbrahim Sadi Çetingül
1,
Beytullah Kenar
3 and
Ismail Bayram
1
1
Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye
2
Kemin Europa NV, Toekomstlaan 42, 2200 Herentals, Belgium
3
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar 03200, Türkiye
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Life 2026, 16(3), 382; https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030382
Submission received: 30 January 2026 / Revised: 18 February 2026 / Accepted: 25 February 2026 / Published: 27 February 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Gut Health and Nutritional Strategies in Animals)
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Abstract

In this study, the effects of carrot juice on performance, egg quality, blood parameters, and intestinal flora in laying hens were examined. One hundred twenty-eight Babcock white laying hens were divided into four random groups, each with four replicates of eight hens. Fresh carrot juice was introduced to the drinking water of the hens at concentrations of 0% (control), 1%, 2.5%, and 5% for a duration of four weeks. Weekly feed intake, egg weight, feed conversion ratio, and daily egg production were monitored, while yolk color, albumen and yolk indices, shell thickness, and Haugh units were measured in weeks two and four. Blood samples were analyzed for biochemical and physiological parameters, and fecal samples were analyzed for microbial parameters at the end of the study. Carrot juice improved egg production, egg weight, and egg mass, without affecting daily feed intake, feed conversion ratio, or water consumption, while enhancing yolk color but reducing eggshell thickness. Blood analyses showed higher levels of total oxidant status, vitamin E, immunoglobulin G, alkaline phosphatase, lymphocyte count, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. Moreover, fecal Enterococcus counts were positively affected by the treatment. The findings indicate that carrot juice supplementation could positively affect performance, egg quality, some immune-related blood parameters, and gut microbiota in laying hens. Among the levels evaluated, adding 2.5% carrot juice to drinking water was found to provide the most balanced response.
Keywords: carrot juice; drinking water; egg quality; gut microbiota; laying hens carrot juice; drinking water; egg quality; gut microbiota; laying hens

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Ozcinar, U.; Orman, M.E.; Uyarlar, C.; Gultepe, E.E.; Türedi, O.K.; Iqbal, A.; Çetingül, İ.S.; Kenar, B.; Bayram, I. Effects of Different Levels of Carrot Juice Supplementation in Drinking Water on Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Parameters, and Gut Health of Babcock White Laying Hens. Life 2026, 16, 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030382

AMA Style

Ozcinar U, Orman ME, Uyarlar C, Gultepe EE, Türedi OK, Iqbal A, Çetingül İS, Kenar B, Bayram I. Effects of Different Levels of Carrot Juice Supplementation in Drinking Water on Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Parameters, and Gut Health of Babcock White Laying Hens. Life. 2026; 16(3):382. https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030382

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ozcinar, Umit, Muhammet Emre Orman, Cangir Uyarlar, Eyup Eren Gultepe, Oğuz Kağan Türedi, Aamir Iqbal, İbrahim Sadi Çetingül, Beytullah Kenar, and Ismail Bayram. 2026. "Effects of Different Levels of Carrot Juice Supplementation in Drinking Water on Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Parameters, and Gut Health of Babcock White Laying Hens" Life 16, no. 3: 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030382

APA Style

Ozcinar, U., Orman, M. E., Uyarlar, C., Gultepe, E. E., Türedi, O. K., Iqbal, A., Çetingül, İ. S., Kenar, B., & Bayram, I. (2026). Effects of Different Levels of Carrot Juice Supplementation in Drinking Water on Performance, Egg Quality, Blood Parameters, and Gut Health of Babcock White Laying Hens. Life, 16(3), 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/life16030382

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