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

Table 7.

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

Items		Egg mass (g)
Items		20–24 weeks	24–28 weeks	28–32 weeks	32–36 weeks	36–42 weeks	20–42 weeks
FB¹(%)
	0	1566	1913^a	1986^a	2007^a	1962^a	1887^a
	25	1493	2016^a	2020^a	2033^a	2025^a	1917^a
	50	1538	1973^a	1957^a	1980^a	1971^a	1884^a
	75	1321	1578^b	1654^b	1617^b	1611^b	1556^b
	100	1385	1451^b	1293^c	1294^c	1353^c	1355^c

Enzyme (mg/kg diet)
	0	1432	1769	1795	1787	1782	1713
	250	1488	1803	1769	1785	1787	1726

FB¹ × enzyme
0	0	1609	2007^a	2009^a	2034^a	2012^a	1934^a
0	250	1522	1818^b	1963^a	1980^a	1911^a	1839^a
25	0	1417	2030^a	2022^a	2005^a	2022^a	1899^a
25	250	1569	2003^a	2018^a	2061^a	2027^a	1936^a
50	0	1538	1942^b	1933^a	1957^a	1947^a	1863^a
50	250	1537	2005^a	1981^a	2003^a	1995^a	1904^a
75	0	1305	1431^d	1725^b	1622^b	1573^b	1531^b
75	250	1336	1725^c	1584^b	1613^b	1650^b	1582^b
100	0	1293	1436^d	1289^c	1320^c	1355^c	1338^c
100	250	1477	1465^d	1297^c	1270^c	1352^c	1372^c

SEM ²		100	68.94	63.63	62.40	58.73	58.14

Two-way ANOVA		P-value³

FB¹		0.099	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Enzyme		0.383	0.444	0.511	0.956	0.889	0.721
FB¹ × enzyme		0.651	0.026	0.028	0.036	0.040	0.045

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.