Table 2.

Effects of L. paracasei LK01 on performance of production in laying hens.

Items	CON	LLP	MLP	HLP	p-value
ADFI,g/d	122.25 ± 1.36	123.01 ± 2.01	122.78 ± 1.89	123.78 ± 3.11	0.851
ADLR/%	84.11 ± 1.05c	85.89 ± 0.49bc	86.73 ± 0.72b	90.56 ± 0.58a	<0.001
AEW/g	51.31 ± 0.75c	53.64 ± 0.52b	53.92 ± 0.41b	56.97 ± 0.45a	<0.001
F/E	2.38 ± 0.04a	2.29 ± 0.02ab	2.28 ± 0.03ab	2.17 ± 0.02b	0.004

CON, control, basal diet; LLP, basal diet + 10⁶ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01; MLP, basal diet + 10⁷ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01; HLP, basal diet + 10⁸ CFU/kg L. paracasei LK01. Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Results are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). n = 8.