Table 3.
Item | Enviva EO supplementation, mg/kg |
SEM | P-value | |||
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0 | 50 | 100 | 150 | |||
Albumen height, mm | ||||||
57 wk | 7.29 | 7.34 | 7.19 | 7.27 | 0.189 | 0.866 |
61 wk | 7.13 | 7.26 | 7.19 | 7.11 | 0.247 | 0.591 |
65 wk | 7.26 | 7.03 | 6.84 | 7.27 | 0.278 | 0.783 |
Haugh unit | ||||||
57 wk | 83.55 | 84.21 | 82.6 | 83.45 | 1.303 | 0.896 |
61 wk | 82.26 | 82.76 | 82.26 | 82.24 | 1.714 | 0.871 |
65 wk | 84.14 | 82.01 | 80.31 | 82.94 | 1.994 | 0.712 |
Egg yolk color | ||||||
57 wk | 7.66 | 8.14 | 7.93 | 7.89 | 0.151 | 0.346 |
61 wk | 8.74 | 8.89 | 8.87 | 8.54 | 0.108 | 0.410 |
65 wk | 9.03 | 9.24 | 9.14 | 8.90 | 0.102 | 0.254 |
Eggshell strength, kg/cm2 | ||||||
57 wk | 4.65 | 4.26 | 4.11 | 4.37 | 0.204 | 0.653 |
61 wk | 4.45 | 4.17 | 4.73 | 4.87 | 0.195 | 0.878 |
65 wk | 4.11 | 4.12 | 4.35 | 4.20 | 0.159 | 0.494 |
Eggshell thickness, mm | ||||||
57 wk | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.009 | 0.107 |
61 wk | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.009 | 0.136 |
65 wk | 0.24b | 0.27a | 0.24b | 0.28a | 0.009 | 0.014 |
a,b indicated the difference within a row was significant (P < 0.05).
Means of 24 eggs per treatment (3 eggs per replicate).