Table 5.
External quality of stored eggs as affected by Rosemary Leaf Meal supplementation under different storage temperatures and storage duration.
| Treatments | IEW | FEW | EwL | Ewd | EL | Shw | ShT | EshSt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54.21c | 50.81d | 3.40a | 4.05d | 5.12d | 5.07c | 0.28d | 4.97c |
| 2 | 54.22c | 51.20c | 3.07b | 4.06c | 5.15c | 5.14b | 0.29c | 5.04b |
| 3 | 55.32b | 53.04b | 2.28c | 4.26b | 5.40b | 5.16b | 0.32b | 5.06b |
| 4 | 55.45a | 53.45a | 1.99d | 4.28a | 5.41a | 5.41a | 0.33a | 5.31a |
| P-Value | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |
| Storage | ||||||||
| Refrigerator (4oc) | 54.96a | 52.63a | 2.33b | 4.21 | 5.31 | 5.22a | 0.31a | 5.12a |
| R.T 21.50c) | 54.63b | 51.61b | 3.04a | 4.19 | 5.31 | 5.20b | 0.30b | 5.10b |
| P-Value | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | – | – | 0.0289 | <.0001 | 0.0289 |
| Duration | ||||||||
| 7 | 55.66a | 54.87a | 0.78e | 4.22a | 5.27b | 5.25a | 0.32a | 5.15a |
| 14 | 55.14b | 52.94b | 2.20d | 4.20b | 5.27b | 5.25b | 0.31b | 5.15a |
| 21 | 54.53c | 51.51c | 3.02c | 4.20b | 5.31a | 5.21b | 0.30c | 5.11b |
| 28 | 54.38d | 50.97d | 3.41b | 4.20b | 5.27b | 5.20b | 0.29d | 5.10b |
| 35 | 54.28d | 50.28e | 4.00a | 4.10c | 5.27b | 5.20b | 0.28e | 5.11b |
| P-Value | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0026 | <.0001 | 0.0026 |
| P-Value | ||||||||
| storage*Duration | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0063 | <.0001 |
| storage*Treat | 0.0034 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0001 | 0.0002 | 0.1049 | 0.0002 |
| Duration*Treat | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0610 | 0.0837 | 0.0610 | |
| Stor*Dur*Treat | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.2513 | <.0001 |
| S.E.M | 0.022 | 0.004 | 0.023 | 0.002 | 0.013 | 0.027 | 0.003 | 0.027 |
| Cv | 0.315063 | 0.123194 | 6.158872 | 0.2777517 | 0.247916 | 3.172083 | 1.761709 | 3.234336 |
a b c d = Means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different (P < 0.05). IEW=Initial Egg Weight, FEW=Final Egg Weight, Ewt L = Egg Weight Loss, Ewd = Egg width, EL = Egg Length, EShSt = Shell Strength, ShW = Egg Shell Weight, ShT = Egg Shell Thickness, SEM = Standard Error of Mean, CV= Coefficient of Variance, P- Value = Probability Value.