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



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



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



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.