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Table 4.

Effect of the Moringa oleifera supplementation on the laying performance of Japanese quail, during the experimental period.

Item ¹	Dietary Treatments ²					Sig.
Item ¹	Weeks	CNT	T1	T2	T3	Sig.
Egg weight (g/egg)	7^th–11^th	11.41 ± 0.25	11.66 ± 0.25	11.73 ± 0.26	11.55 ± 0.25	N.S.
Egg weight (g/egg)	11^th-15^th	11.27 ± 0.27 ^c	12.07 ± 0.27 ^b	12.91 ± 0.27 ^a	12.29 ± 0.28 ^ab	**
Egg production (%)	7^th–11^th	50.51 ± 1.81 ^c	52.08 ± 1.76 ^c	59.37 ± 0.76 ^b	62.20 ± 1.44 ^a	**
Egg production (%)	11^th–15^th	48.38 ± 1.95 ^c	58.97 ± 1.87 ^b	57.52 ± 1.11 ^b	65.06 ± 1.91 ^a	***
Feed intake (g/bird)	7^th–11^th	34.75 ± 0.85	33.75 ± 0.63	34.50 ± 1.71	32.00 ± 1.63	N.S.
Feed intake (g/bird)	11^th–15^th	33.75 ± 0.25 ^b	38.50 ± 1.19 ^a	29.75 ± 1.25 ^c	30.75 ± 0.63 ^c	*
Feed conversion ratio	7^th–11^th	3.08 ± 0.10 ^a	2.65 ± 0.18 ^b	2.80 ± 0.20 ^b	2.70 ± 0.17 ^b	*
Feed conversion ratio	11^th–15^th	3.11 ± 0.09 ^a	2.81 ± 0.10 ^b	2.49 ± 0.09 ^c	2.47 ± 0.99 ^c	**

¹ Feed conversion ratio = feed intake (g)/egg mass (g); Egg production = 100 [number of eggs laid ÷ (number of hens x number of days)]. ² CNT, Control group; T1, 0.1% Moringa oleifera seed powder; T2, 0.2% Moringa oleifera seed powder; T3, 0.3% Moringa oleifera seed powder. ^a,b,c values in the same row with a different superscript differ significantly at p ˂ 0.05. Sig.—significance; N.S.—non-significance; * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.