. 2023 May 23;102(8):102795. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102795

Table 10.

Effects of MMDA on egg characteristics at d 40 and d 42 on trial (d 271 and d 273 of age).

Treatment groups		T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	P value
MMDA	g/kg		2		1		2	3
AFB1	mg/kg			0.05	0.05	0.50	0.50	0.50
T2-toxin	mg/kg			1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0	2.0
		Eggshell stability & egg yolk color (d 40 on trial)
Eggs	n^o	14	13	14	13	14	13	11
Egg weight (as is)	G	65.6 ± 1.1	65.1 ± 1.6	64.8 ± 0.9	65.1 ± 1.1	65.0 ± 0.8	65.1 ± 1.2	64.9 ± 1.0	0.645
Eggshell stability	N	62.3 ± 1.1	61.9 ± 1.9	61.7 ± 2.7	61.4 ± 1.8	61.8 ± 2.1	61.0 ± 1.6	61.1 ± 1.8	0.637
Egg yolk color fan 1)		13.5 ± 0.1^x	13.4 ± 0.3^xy	13.1 ± 0.4^y	13.4 ± 0.2^xy	13.2 ± 0.5^xy	13.2 ± 0.4^xy	13.3 ± 0.3^xy	0.067
		Weight of eggshell, egg mass and their dry matter contents (d 42 on trial)
Eggs	n^o	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Egg weight (as is)	g	66.2 ± 1.5	65.8 ± 1.2	64.2 ± 2.0	65.0 ± 2.1	64.7 ± 1.0	65.2 ± 1.2	65.2 ± 2.1	0.173
Eggshell weight (as is)	g	6.5 ± 0.2^a	6.3 ± 0.2^ab	6.1 ± 0.2^b	6.2 ± 0.2^ab	6.1 ± 0.3^b	6.1 ± 0.2^b	6.1 ± 0.2^b	0.001
Dry matter of eggshell	%	88.85 ± 1.65	88.97 ± 0.72	88.55 ± 1.15	88.96 ± 1.28	89.02 ± 1.28	88.97 ± 0.77	89.08 ± 0.92	0.964
Egg mass without shell (as is)	g	59.7 ± 1.4	59.5 ± 1.1	58.1 ± 1.8	58.8 ± 2.0	58.6 ± 0.9	59.1 ± 1.1	59.0 ± 1.9	0.293
Dry matter of egg mass without shell	%	24.17 ± 0.47	24.16 ± 0.52	24.10 ± 0.37	24.08 ± 0.25	24.01 ± 0.26	23.98 ± 0.45	24.05 ± 0.36	0.916

Different superscripts in same row are significant or trending (a/b: P ≤ 0.05; x/y 0.05 < P ≤ 0.10).