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

Table 3.

Feed consumption of laying hens as affected by faba bean levels and enzyme supplementation during the experimental periods.

Items		Feed intake (g/d)
Items		20–24 weeks	24–28 weeks	28–32 weeks	32–36 weeks	36–42 weeks	20–42 weeks
FB¹(%)
	0	103.08^a	110.42^a	105.01^ab	106.36^ab	107.71^ab	106.52^a
	25	100.30^ab	110.38^a	108.44^ab	107.46^ab	107.95^ab	106.90^a
	50	95.58^b	109.13^a	111.65^a	110.96^a	111.30^a	107.72^a
	75	88.43^c	96.45^b	102.83^b	99.96^b	101.39^b	97.81^b
	100	86.64^c	86.91^c	89.98^c	81.35^c	85.66^c	86.11^c

Enzyme (mg/kg diet)
	0	91.98^b	102.04	103.31	99.47	101.86	99.73
	250	97.63^a	103.28	103.85	102.96	103.74	102.29

FB¹ × enzyme
0	0	106.81^a	115.93^a	109.56	111.15	112.74	111.24^a
0	250	99.34^b	104.91^bc	100.46	101.57	102.68	101.79^ab
25	0	97.85^b	107.51^b	109.55	105.95	107.75	105.72^ab
25	250	102.74^ab	113.26^ab	107.32	108.97	108.15	108.09^a
50	0	89.78^c	108.39^b	108.81	112.32	110.56	105.97^ab
50	250	101.39^ab	109.87^b	114.49	109.60	112.04	109.47^a
75	0	85.27^d	93.59^d	99.75	93.33	96.54	93.70^c
75	250	91.60^c	99.31^c	105.90	106.58	106.24	101.93^b
100	0	80.20^d	84.77^f	88.87	74.60	81.73	82.14^d
100	250	93.08^c	89.05^e	91.10	88.09	89.60	90.19^c

SEM ²		3.27	2.23	3.63	4.56	3.85	2.94

Two-way ANOVA		P-value³

FB¹		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Enzyme		0.011	0.387	0.814	0.236	0.447	0.179
FB¹ × enzyme		0.033	0.003	0.220	0.069	0.115	0.034

Means in the same column within each classification bearing different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05 or 0.01).

¹

FB: faba bean.

²

SEM: standard error of the means.

³

Overall treatment P-value.