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. 2015 May 14;24(2):276–285. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2015.05.009

Table 2.

Live body weight and body weight change of laying hens as affected by faba bean levels and enzyme supplementation during the experimental periods.

Items		Body weight (g)
Items		Initial	Final	Change
FB¹ (%)
	0	1662	1864^b	201^c
	25	1668	1992^ab	323^ab
	50	1670	1978^ab	306^b
	75	1672	2031^ab	361^ab
	100	1668	2080^a	412^a

Enzyme (mg/kg diet)
	0	1667	1967^b	300^b
	250	1670	2012^a	342^a

FB¹ × enzyme
0	0	1661	1843	181^c
0	250	1662	1884	222^c
25	0	1668	1912	244^c
25	250	1669	2073	403^a
50	0	1668	2024	355^b
50	250	1672	2038	366^b
75	0	1668	1997	329^bc
75	250	1675	1959	283^c
100	0	1667	2057	389^b
100	250	1670	2104	434^a

SEM ²		1.99	70.05	69.37

Two-way ANOVA		P-value³

FB¹		0.051	<0.001	0.041
Enzyme		0.148	0.028	0.048
FB¹ × enzyme		0.572	0.504	0.043

Means in the same column within each classification bearing different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

¹

FB: faba bean.

²

SEM: standard error of the means.

³

Overall treatment P-value.