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

Table 5. Effect of Arg supply and genotype on egg quality of eggs¹ examined at the end of each laying month.

	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
Yolk proportion, %
week 25	23.9^cd	24.5^cd	24.5^cd	22.3^e	22.7^e	22.5^e	24.9^c	26.0^bc	25.6^bc	26.2^b	26.1^b	27.6^a	0.2	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	n.s.	<0.1
week 29	26.0^b	26.5^b	25.7^b	23.0^c	23.2^c	23.6^c	27.7^ab	28.1^ab	27.9^ab	27.8^ab	28.2^a	28.9^a	0.3
week 33	27.0^c	28.0^bc	27.6^bc	23.8^d	24.3^d	24.7^d	29.5^b	28.7^ab	29.2^ab	30.0^a	30.0^a	30.1^a	0.3
week 37	27.8^bc	27.2^c	26.7^c	24.4^d	24.5^d	24.6^d	28.8^b	28.9^b	29.2^ab	30.1^ab	31.1^a	31.0^ab	0.3
week 41	28.1^bc	27.5^bc	27.1^c	24.3^d	24.5^d	24.7^d	30.0^ab	29.4^b	30.1^ab	31.5^ab	32.0^a	31.6^ab	0.4
Shell proportion, %
week 25	12.1^ab	12.5^a	12.5^a	11.5^b	11.9^ab	11.8^ab	11.3^bc	11.5^b	11.4^b	10.8^bc	11.3^bc	10.6^c	0.1	<0.001	n.s.	<0.001	<0.01	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
week 29	12.1^ab	12.4^a	12.3^a	11.4^b	11.5^b	11.4^b	10.9^bc	10.9^bc	10.8^bc	10.3^c	10.4^c	10.4^c	0.1
week 33	12.9^b	14.2^a	14.1^a	13.4^ab	13.3^ab	12.2^bc	12.9^b	12.6^bc	13.4^ab	11.8^bc	10.9^c	10.9^c	0.2
week 37	12.4^a	12.1^ab	11.5^ab	12.4^a	11.8^ab	12.4^a	11.1^b	10.9^bc	10.9^bc	10.4^bc	10.3^c	10.5^bc	0.2
week 41	12.0^ab	11.9^ab	12.3^a	11.3^b	10.7^bc	11.3^b	10.6^bc	10.5^bc	10.7^bc	10.1^c	10.2^c	10.3^bc	0.2
Albumen proportion, %
week 25	64.1^ab	62.9^bc	63.0^bc	66.3^a	65.4^ab	65.7^ab	63.8^b	62.5^bc	62.9^bc	63.1^bc	62.5^bc	61.8^c	0.3	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001	<0.1	<0.001	<0.05	<0.001
week 29	61.9^b	61.1^b	62.0^b	65.6^a	65.3^a	65.1^a	61.4^b	61.1^b	61.3^b	62.0^b	61.4^b	60.7^b	0.3
week 33	60.1^b	57.8^c	58.3^bc	62.8^a	62.5^a	63.2^a	57.6^c	58.8^bc	57.4^c	58.2^bc	59.0^bc	59.0^bc	0.3
week 37	59.8^bc	60.7^b	61.8^ab	63.2^a	63.7^a	63.0^a	60.2^bc	60.3^bc	59.9^bc	59.4^bc	58.6^bc	58.4^c	0.4
week 41	59.9^bc	60.5^b	60.6^b	64.4^a	64.8^a	64.0^a	59.4^bc	60.1^bc	59.2^bc	58.5^bc	57.8^c	58.1^c	0.4
Yolk colour, Roche scale
week 25	13.4^bc	13.6^bc	13.5^bc	13.6^bc	13.2^c	13.2^c	14.3^a	13.7^b	13.7^b	13.7^b	13.5^bc	13.8^ab	0.1	<0.001	n.s.	<0.001	<0.01	<0.001	<0.01	<0.05
week 29	12.9^ab	12.8^ab	12.8^ab	13.0^a	12.4^b	12.8^ab	13.0^a	12.8^ab	13.0^a	13.0^a	13.0^a	13.1^a	0.1
week 33	12.3^b	12.6^ab	12.7^ab	12.9^a	12.8^ab	12.7^ab	12.9^a	12.7^ab	12.6^ab	12.5^ab	12.6^ab	12.5^ab	0.1
week 37	12.7^b	13.1^ab	12.9^ab	12.7^b	12.6^b	12.7^b	13.1^ab	13.3^a	13.1^ab	13.1^ab	13.1^ab	12.9^ab	0.1
week 41	12.7^ab	12.6^ab	12.8^ab	12.6^ab	12.7^ab	12.5^b	12.6^ab	12.7^ab	13.1^a	12.6^ab	12.9^ab	12.8^ab	0.1

eggs collected on four consecutive days of n=36 hens of each experimental group

Proportions of egg components are calculated as weight of components (yolk, shell and albumen) per weight of total egg.

^a–d

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

Table 5. Effect of Arg supply and genotype on egg quality of eggs1 examined at the end of each laying month.

Table 5. Effect of Arg supply and genotype on egg quality of eggs¹ examined at the end of each laying month.