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Table 5.

Effect of the Moringa oleifera supplementation on egg quality traits, in the 4th and 8th week of the experimental period.

Item	Dietary Treatments ¹					Sig.
Item	Week	CNT	T1	T2	T3	Sig.
Shell Thickness (mm)	4^th	0.36 ± 0.22	0.38 ± 0.15	0.42 ± 0.20	0.33 ± 0.23	N.S.
Shell Thickness (mm)	8^th	0.30 ± 0.2 ^b	0.39 ± 0.1 ^a	0.42 ± 0.25 ^a	0.39 ± 0.17 ^a	**
Shell%	4^th	15.27 ± 0.40	14.26 ± 0.50	15.34 ± 0.5	14.08 ± 0.46	N.S.
Shell%	8^th	14.63 ± 0.55 ^b	14.27 ± 0.45 ^b	16.91 ± 0.35 ^a	14.25 ± 0.55 ^b	***
Albumin%	4^th	46.49 ± 2.02	47.91 ± 2.27	50.77 ± 1.75	49.84 ± 2.02	N.S.
Albumin%	8^th	54.88 ± 2.50 ^b	54.17 ± 2.48 ^b	55.05 ± 2.05 ^b	57.46 ± 1.99 ^a	**
Yolk %	4^th	30.38 ± 0.91 ^b	32.06 ± 0.97 ^a	33.30 ± 0.74 ^a	32.88 ± 0.85 ^a	*
Yolk %	8^th	29.30 ± 1.40 ^b	30.31 ± 1.61 ^ab	31.97 ± 1.40 ^a	30.11 ± 0.99 ^ab	**
Yolk Index	4^th	0.32 ± 0.012	0.32 ± 0.014	0.32 ± 0.015	0.32 ± 0.010	N.S.
Yolk Index	8^th	0.38 ± 0.012 ^b	0.39 ± 0.009 ^b	0.38 ± 0.013 ^b	0.45 ± 0.015 ^a	**
Egg Shape Index	4^th	77.20 ± 0.81	77.75 ± 0.82	77.50 ± 0.78	78.52 ± 0.80	N.S.
Egg Shape Index	8^th	77.40 ± 0.77	76.75 ± 0.92	78.45 ± 0.90	79.05 ± 0.80	N.S.
Haugh Unit	4^th	83.08 ± 1.18	84.61 ± 1.16	83.45 ± 1.07	82.50 ± 0.98	N.S.
Haugh Unit	8^th	81.18 ± 1.32	81.14 ± 1.27	81.54 ± 1.19	82.31 ± 1.22	N.S.

¹ 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 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.