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Table 8.

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

Item		Albumen%	Yolk%	Shell%	Haugh unit	Yolk index	Yolk:albumin ratio	Shell thickness (mm)	Egg shape index
FB¹(%)
	0	65.99	20.97^c	13.03^a	85.34	49.80^a	0.319^c	0.355^a	79.92^a
	25	65.06	22.29^bc	11.44^b	96.53	47.80^b	0.343^bc	0.352^a	80.63^a
	50	64.31	26.63^a	12.73^a	95.04	48.44^ab	0.414^a	0.358^a	80.26^a
	75	66.45	23.33^b	12.35^ab	95.56	47.40^b	0.355^b	0.337^b	76.04^b
	100	65.27	23.06^b	11.65^b	97.26	48.56^ab	0.353^b	0.333^b	77.24^b

Enzyme (mg/kg diet)
	0	65.67	23.94^a	12.71^a	92.70^b	49.01^a	0.366^a	0.343	79.62^a
	250	65.17	22.57^b	11.77^b	95.19^a	47.79^b	0.348^b	0.351	78.01^b

FB¹ × enzyme
0	0	63.82	22.27^c	13.86^a	85.34^d	49.76	0.350^c	0.355^b	81.82^a
0	250	68.16	19.66^d	12.17^ab	85.35^d	49.85	0.288^f	0.355^b	78.02^b
25	0	65.16	23.73^c	11.10^b	94.39^a	48.04	0.363^c	0.338^c	81.10^a
25	250	64.97	20.86^d	11.78^b	98.67^a	47.57	0.323^d	0.366^a	80.17^a
50	0	65.25	28.26^a	13.89^a	91.51^c	49.15	0.433^a	0.370^a	80.25^a
50	250	63.37	25.01^b	11.61^b	98.56^a	47.74	0.395^b	0.346^bc	80.27^a
75	0	67.43	23.23^c	13.63^a	97.22^a	48.87	0.353^c	0.330^c	76.85^bc
75	250	65.48	23.44^c	11.07^b	93.89^b	45.93	0.358^c	0.345^bc	75.23^c
100	0	66.68	22.23^c	11.08^b	95.04^b	49.24	0.330^c	0.323^c	78.11^b
100	250	63.87	23.89^c	12.23^ab	99.48^a	47.89	0.375^bc	0.343^bc	76.37^bc

SEM²		2.29	0.66	0.442	0.70	0.77	0.01	0.007	0.51

Two-way ANOVA		P-value³

FB¹		0.899	<0.001	0.004	<0.001	0.044	<0.001	0.002	<0.001
Enzyme		0.743	0.003	0.002	<0.001	0.019	0.023	0.066	<0.001
FB¹ × enzyme		0.547	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	0.372	0.001	0.004	0.013

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

FB: faba bean.

SEM: standard error of the means.

Overall treatment P-value.