The study was completely randomized design. Six hundred and seventy two commercial layinghens (Babcock B-308) from 21 to 33 weeks of age were used. The hens were divided into 3 groups; eachgroup consisted with 6 replications of sixteen layers each, and then two hens were kept in a multiple-cagelocated in evaporative cooling house system. Feed and water were offered ad libitum. According to theexperimental groups, 3 levels of dietary protein (14, 16 and 18% CP) with similar energy content (2,750 MEkcal/kg) were given to the hens in order to investigate effects of dietary protein on their productionperformances, liver triglyceride, serum non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) and immunity responses during peakproduction period. The results showed that hens received 14% CP diet had significantly poorer in productionperformances than the 16 and 18% CP groups. Liver weight of hens fed 14% CP diet was smaller than thoseof 16 and 18% CP diets (P<0.05). However, the protein conversion ration was significantly improved asdecrease of protein consumption (P<0.01), while feed intake was not significantly affected by dietary proteinlevels. There were tendencies of increase of liver triglyceride and NEFA due to high protein consumption. Forthe immunological aspect, Newcastle disease (ND) titre of hens fed 18% CP diet was significantly higherthan those of hens fed 16 and 18% CP diets (P<0.05). Except alpha-globulin and ratio of albumin : globulinthat tended to decline, all serum protein fractions and serum total protein were tended to increase as proteinlevels increased. Spleen size was not affected by dietary protein levels.
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