Table 2.
Feed intake, hen-day egg production, egg weight, egg mass and feed conversion efficiency following treatments supplemented with different postbiotic metabolite combinations
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Treatments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | COM246 | COM345 | COM456 | |
| Hen-day egg production (%) |
83.07 ± 1.02b |
85.21 ± 0.76a |
85.10 ± 0.61a |
86.43 ± 1.08a |
| Feed intake (g/hen/day) |
98.88 ± 2.24 |
99.24 ± 2.81 |
98.97 ± 3.21 |
99.13 ± 2.67 |
| Egg weight (g/egg) |
58.72 ± 1.71 |
57.63 ± 1.77 |
57.42 ± 1.64 |
56.81 ± 1.87 |
| Egg mass (g/hen/day) |
48.78 ± 0.46 |
49.00 ± 0.52 |
48.86 ± 0.55 |
49.08 ± 0.65 |
| Feed conversion efficiency | 2.02 ± 0.13 | 2.03 ± 0.16 | 2.02 ± 0.11 | 2.02 ± 0.12 |
1 a-bMeans in the same row not sharing a common superscript are significantly P < 0.05).
2SEM: Data are means of 25 cages of 2 hens per cage per treatmen.t.