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. 2019 Sep 2;8(9):386. doi: 10.3390/foods8090386

Table 4.

Week effect of the diet’s distribution on albumen height, UH (Haugh Unit), and shell thickness.

Diets Mean of Difference
Actual Mean at Week 1 Week 1 and Subsequent Weeks Week 3 and Subsequent Weeks Week 3 and Week 6
Albumen height, mm α C 8.02 1.49 * 0.56 NS −0.09 NS
α D1 8.67 0.66 NS −0.25 NS 0.44 **
α D2 8.83 0.45 NS 0.5 NS 0.73 ***
UH α C 90.90 −2.1 NS 1.6 NS 6.7NS
α D1 93.19 −3.76 NS −1.65 * 5.17 *
α D2 93.91 −1.03 NS 0.7 * 6.1 ***
Shell thickness, mm α C 0.46 0.03 NS −0.016 NS −0.006 NS
α D1 0.42 0.008 NS 0.016 NS 0.11 *
α D2 0.42 0.01 * 0.1 ** 0.3 ***

αC = control diet with 0% spirulina; α D1 = control diet supplemented with 1.5% spirulina; α D2 = control diet supplemented with 2.5% spirulina; *** = p < 0.0001; ** = p < 0.001; * = p < 0.05; NS = p ≥ 0.05.