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Table 4.

Effect of purple carrot powder diet on egg external quality in laying quails

Parameters	Purple carrot powder (%)					S.E.M*	P	L	Q
Parameters	0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	S.E.M*	P	L	Q
Damaged egg (%)	0.52	0.14	0.15	0.13	0.49	0.198	0.469	0.920	0.076
Egg-breaking strength (kg)	1.52	1.45	1.44	1.48	1.55	0.060	0.688	0.665	0.165
Eggshell weight (%)	8.22^b	8.14^b	8.25^b	8.46^ab	8.90^a	0.142	0.021	0.009	0.142
Eggshell thickness (µm)	238.1^b	236.0^b	244.2^ab	245.2^ab	250.3^a	6.83	0.027	0.003	0.540

S.E.M.* standard error means, L linear effect, Q quadratic effect. ^a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row were significantly different (P < 0.05)