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. 2024 Mar 5;13(5):802. doi: 10.3390/foods13050802

Table 2.

Effects of different Se sources and storage times on weight loss, air chamber height, albumen height, HU, and albumen pH of eggs stored at 4 °C 1.

Item Storage Time (St) 2 Diet (D) 3 SEM p-Value
CON SS SEY SEC SEC + SEY D St D × St 3
Weight loss, % 0 wk 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.750 <0.001 0.998
2 wk 2.24 2.12 2.23 2.18 2.21 0.059
4 wk 3.18 3.00 3.24 3.05 3.17 0.153
6 wk 5.15 5.07 5.21 5.23 5.19 0.209
Air chamber height, cm 0 wk 0.22 0.19 0.22 0.18 0.19 0.015 0.441 <0.001 0.565
2 wk 0.35 0.31 0.30 0.35 0.33 0.019
4 wk 0.39 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.023
6 wk 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.023
Albumen height, mm 0 wk 5.81 6.28 6.16 6.13 6.18 0.273 0.032 <0.001 0.239
2 wk 4.61 4.83 5.45 4.85 5.67 0.246
4 wk 4.32 5.53 4.82 5.25 5.31 0.294
6 wk 4.88 5.31 4.87 4.82 4.78 0.207
HU 0 wk 72.38 79.26 76.07 77.27 77.43 1.835 0.015 <0.001 0.352
2 wk 62.48 65.42 68.93 67.29 72.45 2.185
4 wk 59.05 68.39 63.92 69.14 69.75 2.690
6 wk 65.94 69.86 66.14 66.92 67.05 2.457
Albumen pH 0 wk 8.61 8.65 8.67 8.77 8.73 0.045 0.225 <0.001 0.042
2 wk 9.20 9.16 9.16 9.18 9.16 0.014
4 wk 9.22 9.33 9.30 9.29 9.26 0.028
6 wk 9.28 9.30 9.29 9.26 9.28 0.016

1 Data are means of 6 replicates of 2 samples each. SEM, standard error of mean. CON, the diet supplemented with 0 mg/kg selenium (Se) (basal diet); SS, the diet supplemented with 0.3 mg/kg Se from sodium selenite; SEY, the diet supplemented with 0.3 mg/kg Se from Se-enriched yeast; SEC, the diet supplemented with 0.3 mg/kg Se from Se-enriched Cardamine violifolia; SEC + SEY, the diet supplemented with 0.3 mg/kg Se from Se-enriched Cardamine violifolia and 0.3 mg/kg Se from Se-enriched yeast; HU, Haugh unit. 2 St means storage time. 3 D means diet and D × St means the interaction between diet and storage time.