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. 2012 Jun 1;43(4):1467–1475. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220120004000031

Table 6.

Yolk and cholesterol characteristics of poultry layer birds fed husk based diets with or without microbial additives.

Diet % Wet yolk % Yolk solid Egg cholesterol/ 50ml egg weight
Palm-fruit + T. virens 23.61± 0.65a 11.47± 0.30a 281.7 ± 0.12a
Palm-fruit – Fungus 23.07 ± 0.79ab 11.08± 0.19ab 205.4 ± 0.022c
Control maize diet 21.55 ± 0.37b 10.68± 0.04b 216.3 ± 0.021b
Probability of source of variation
Husk addition 0.1331 0.0901 P<0.0001
Microbial addition 0.0333 0.0401 P<0.0001
Husk x microbe 0.6148 0.3208 P<0.0001