Table 1. The egg quality of each light-treated group (44 week).
Light treatments | Egg weight (g) | shape index | Egg shell thickness, mm | Haugh unit | Egg shell strength (N) |
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White | 51.02 ± 0.82b | 1.30 ± 0.01b | 0.28 ± 0.01c | 84.73 ± 1.38a | 37.69 ± 1.19a |
Red | 52.55 ± 0.78ab | 1.31 ± 0.01b | 0.29 ± 0.01bc | 81.29 ± 1.83ab | 33.99 ± 1.22a |
Yellow | 52.77 ± 0.79ab | 1.30 ± 0.01b | 0.29 ± 0.00b | 80.38 ± 1.67ab | 35.38 ± 0.88a |
Green | 53.88 ± 0.88a | 1.31 ± 0.01b | 0.30 ± 0.01ab | 80.70 ± 1.66ab | 35.96 ± 0.99a |
Blue | 53.35 ± 0.88ab | 1.30 ± 0.01b | 0.31 ± 0.01a | 81.24 ± 1.73ab | 35.38 ± 1.28a |
Values are described as the mean values ± SD.a,b,cThe mean values in a column without a common superscript exhibited significant differences (P < 0.05).