Table 4.

Effect of experimental diets on egg quality of laying hens

Items	Shell thickness (mm)	Eggshell strength (kg/cm2)	Shape index (%)	Haugh unit	Egg specific gravity (g/cm3)
Lys (%)
0.72	0.32	3.44	74.19	81.79	1.13
0.82	0.32	3.45	74.17	82.21	1.13
SEM	0.001	0.01	0.32	0.25	0.008
SSM (%)
0	0.31	3.42	74.17	81.92	1.13
10	0.32	3.44	74.19	81.95	1.13
20	0.32	3.47	74.19	82.12	1.13
SEM	0.002	0.01	0.39	0.31	0.01
Phy (g/ton)
0	0.32	3.43b	74.18	81.78	1.13
300	0.32	3.47a	74.19	82.21	1.13
SEM	0.001	0.01	0.32	0.25	0.008
Lys×SSM×Phy
0.72×0×0	0.31	3.42	74.16	81.75	1.14
0.72×10×0	0.32	3.42	74.16	81.60	1.13
0.72×20×0	0.32	3.46	74.22	81.59	1.14
0.82×0×0	0.31	3.44	74.16	81.77	1.13
0.82×10×0	0.32	3.43	74.17	81.93	1.13
0.82×20×0	0.32	3.44	74.20	82.03	1.13
0.72×0×300	0.31	3.43	74.17	81.84	1.13
0.72×10×300	0.32	3.45	74.21	81.99	1.13
0.72×20×300	0.32	3.48	74.25	81.99	1.14
0.82×0×300	0.32	3.44	74.19	82.34	1.13
0.82×10×300	0.32	3.45	74.23	81.29	1.14
0.82×20×300	0.32	3.50	74.09	82.87	1.14
SEM	0.004	0.03	0.7.9	0.63	0.02
p-value
Lys	0.82	0.71	0.96	0.26	1.00
SSM	0.51	0.12	0.99	0.89	0.96
Phy	0.50	0.05	0.98	0.23	0.92
Lys×SSM	0.82	0.89	0.99	0.88	0.85
Lys×Phy	0.71	0.30	0.97	0.68	0.86
SSM×Phy	0.93	0.89	0.99	0.94	0.98
Lys×SSM×Phy	0.97	0.97	0.99	0.95	0.99

SEM, standard error of the mean; SSM, sesame seed meal.

^a,bMeans within a column with no superscript do not differ significantly (p>0.05).