. 2016 Jan 25;53(1):8–21. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0150067

Table 4. Effect of Arg supply and genotype on growth and laying performance from the 22nd to 41st week of age.

	WLA			BLA			R11			L68				ANOVA (p values)
	LA	AA	HA	LA	AA	HA	LA	AA	HA	LA	AA	HA	PSEM	GT	DIET	AGE	GT×DIET	GT×AGE	DIET×AGE	GT×DIET ×AGE
Body weight, kg/hen
week 22–25	1.53^c	1.43^cd	1.48^c	1.50^c	1.70^b	1.70^b	1.24^e	1.34^d	1.32^de	1.73^b	1.81^a	1.85^a	0.03	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.05
week 26–29	1.44^de	1.36^e	1.37^e	1.48^d	1.63^c	1.62^c	1.25^f	1.33^ef	1.31^ef	1.74^b	1.85^a	1.86^a	0.03
week 30–33	1.36^d	1.29^de	1.26^e	1.46^c	1.57^b	1.55^b	1.25^e	1.31^de	1.29^de	1.76^b	1.89^a	1.88^a	0.03
week 34–37	1.32^d	1.24^e	1.23^e	1.44^c	1.52^b	1.56^b	1.25^d1.31	^d	1.29^de	1.78^a	1.85^a	1.84^a	0.03
week 38–41	1.29^d	1.19^e	1.20^e	1.40^c	1.47^bc	1.56^b	1.26^de	1.31^d	1.30^d	1.80^a	1.81^a	1.83^a	0.03
Daily feed intake, g/hen/d
week 22–25	83^d	81^d	80^d	105^a	98^b	100^ab	66^e	70^e	67^e	83^d	91^c	90^b	2	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	n.s.	<0.001
week 26–29	78^e	80^de	69^f	117^a	93^c	101^bc	79^de	85^d	80^de	95^c	104^b	98^bc	2
week 30–33	69^e	76^d	71^de	111^a	88^c	89^c	84^c	84^c	85^c	96^b	100^b	99^b	2
week 34–37	65^de	69^d	61^e	99^a	84^bc	79^c	76^c	82^bc	77^c	86^b	93^a	98^a	2
week 38–41	60^de	71^cd	58^e	97^a	85^b	84^b	71^cd	73^c	66^d	83^b	74^c	94^a	3
Laying intensity, %
week 22–25	39.0^c	60.0^a	54.4^ab	32.7^cd	45.8^bc	48.5^b	3.5^f	5.2^ef	8.9^ef	13.1^e	26.4^d	19.2^de	3.1	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	n.s.	<0.001	n.s.	n.s.
week 26–29	73.9^ab	76.8^ab	73.1^ab	72.8^ab	71.6^ab	80.9^a	55.5^d	60.0^cd	62.2^c	67.4^bc	75.9^ab	69.6^b	3.1
week 30–33	58.3^b	63.2^b	58.0^b	60.4^b	61.3^b	73.4^a	63.3^b	62.2^b	66.0^ab	65.1^ab	73.0^a	65.4^ab	3.1
week 34–37	46.7^c	57.9^ab	53.1^bc	61.4^ab	51.0^bc	61.0^ab	55.6^b	55.6^b	55.2^b	53.7^bc	64.0^ab	65.4^a	3.1
week 38–41	32.8^bc	46.0^ab	35.7^b	46.9^ab	36.8^ab	45.0^ab	32.5^bc	40.7^ab	25.4^c	39.6^ab	47.3^a	47.6^a	3.8
Egg weight, g/egg
week 22–25	47.3^b	47.9^b	47.4^b	48.5^b	51.2^a	50.7^ab	39.8^e	43.5^cd	42.5^d	40.9^de	41.4^de	43.2^cd	0.5	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
week 26–29	48.6^bc	49.6^b	47.1^c	50.9^ab	52.2^a	52.4^a	44.0^d	45.0^cd	44.1^d	45.3^cd	46.7^c	48.1^bc	0.5
week 30–33	47.5^cd	50.3^bc	48.9^c	53.5^a	52.6^ab	52.0^ab	46.5^d	47.0^cd	45.9^d	49.6^bc	49.2^bc	51.1^b	0.6
week 34–37	48.9^bc	49.9^b	48.4^bc	52.9^a	49.8^b	51.8^ab	47.1^c	47.8^bc	46.8^c	49.5^bc	49.9^b	51.3^ab	0.6
week 38–41	48.7^bc	48.9^bc	51.5^b	52.2^ab	47.6^c	54.5^a	47.9^c	46.7^c	47.8^c	52.1^ab	48.7^bc	52.7^ab	0.7
Daily egg mass, g/hen/d
week 22–25	17.4^b	28.7^a	24.9^ab	15.5^bc	22.3^ab	23.3^ab	0.7^d	1.1^d	1.8^cd	3.5^cd	11.5^bc	8.5^c	3.0
week 26–29	35.5^ab	37.5^ab	34.7^ab	36.8^ab	36.2^ab	41.9^a	23.1^c	28.6^bc	26.9^bc	29.8^bc	34.8^ab	32.6^b	3.0
week 30–33	28.3^b	31.5^ab	28.3^b	31.6^ab	32.4^ab	38.6^a	28.7^b	28.3^b	29.9^ab	30.9^ab	35.3^ab	34.2^ab	3.0
week 34–37	22.6^b	29.3^ab	26.1^ab	32.7^a	26.7^ab	32.0^a	26.1^ab	26.6^ab	25.6^ab	26.7^ab	31.9^a	33.8^a	3.0
week 38–41	15.8^ab	23.3^ab	17.4^ab	24.8^a	18.4^ab	23.6^a	15.5^ab	19.2^ab	11.8^b	20.6^ab	23.5^a	24.5^a	3.6
Feed to egg mass ratio, kg/kg
week 22–25	4.7^f	2.8^f	3.2^f	6.8^ef	4.4^f	4.3^f	96.6^a	65.2^b	38.2^c	23.8^d	8.0^ef	10.6^e	1.4	n.s.	n.s.	<0.001	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
week 26–29	2.2	2.1	2.0	3.2	2.6	2.4	3.4	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.0	0.4
week 30–33	2.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	2.7	2.3	2.9	3.0	2.8	3.1	2.8	2.9	0.4
week 34–37	2.9	2.4	2.3	3.0	3.1	2.5	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.9	0.5
week 38–41	3.8	3.0	3.3	3.9	4.6	3.5	4.6	3.8	5.6	4.0	3.2	3.8	0.5

^a–f

LSMeans values with PSEM (n=36 chicks/experimental group) in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05)

n.s.=not significant