Table 2.
Effect of dietary fenugreek powder (FP) and extract (FE) on productive traits of laying hens
| Treatments |
Feed intake
(g per hen daily) |
Egg weight
(g) |
Egg mass
(g per hen daily) |
Egg production (%) | Feed conversion ratio (g feed per g egg mass) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 ( Control ) | 93.90c | 61.30 | 42.88 | 71.08 | 2.17bc |
| T2 ( 1.00% FP ) | 99.08b | 62.31 | 43.94 | 72.38 | 2.26bc |
| T3 ( 2.00% FP ) | 107.19a | 60.01 | 42.57 | 72.74 | 2.52a |
| T4 ( 0.10% FE ) | 96.95bc | 61.98 | 45.62 | 75.41 | 2.13c |
| T5 ( 0.20% FE ) | 96.07bc | 61.96 | 41.76 | 68.91 | 2.30b |
| Standard errors of means | 1.16 | 0.31 | 0.58 | 0.91 | 0.03 |
| p -value | < 0.0001 | 0.14 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.0002 |
abc Means in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05).