Table 2.
Mean hen-day egg production (%) from the 19th to the 48th wk of age at different cage floors1 subjected to the linear LED strip and conventional LED lamp lighting systems.2
| Systems (S)1-floor (F)2 | Age (A) |
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| Period 1 |
Period 2 |
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| 19–27 | 19–21 | 22–24 | 25–27 | 28–48 | 28–30 | 31–33 | 34–36 | 37–39 | 40–42 | 43–45 | 46–48 | |
| LS-F1 | 55.0 | 26.6 | 59.5 | 78.8 | 92.8a | 92.3 | 91.7a | 92.7 | 94.4 | 94.2 | 92.8 | 91.4 |
| LL-F1 | 57.3 | 22.9 | 63.6 | 85.4 | 90.1b | 90.2 | 86.3b | 88.0 | 91.4 | 91.7 | 91.8 | 91.1 |
| LS-F2 | 58.9 | 27.1 | 66.7 | 82.8 | 89.9 | 92.8 | 84.3 | 88.6 | 90.9 | 92.6 | 90.7 | 89.4 |
| LL-F2 | 55.7 | 21.5 | 62.8 | 82.7 | 89.4 | 93.3 | 87.6 | 86.8 | 90.2 | 91.4 | 89.4 | 87.2 |
| LS-F3 | 52.9 | 19.2 | 61.2 | 78.4 | 92.0 | 94.6 | 89.9 | 91.4 | 94.0 | 92.3 | 91.1 | 90.4 |
| LL-F3 | 53.8 | 23.3 | 57.1 | 80.9 | 91.0 | 93.7 | 88.4 | 91.0 | 92.8 | 90.7 | 90.4 | 89.7 |
| LS-F4 | 59.8 | 22.4 | 72.6 | 84.3 | 91.7 | 93.1 | 89.0 | 90.8 | 92.3 | 91.9 | 92.7 | 91.8 |
| LL-F4 | 61.5 | 29.2 | 70.9 | 84.6 | 92.0 | 93.9 | 90.9 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 92.0 | 91.8 | 89.9 |
| LS-F5 | 62.0 | 26.9 | 75.1 | 84.1 | 93.2a | 96.1 | 93.3a | 91.8 | 92.3 | 91.7 | 94.1 | 93.0a |
| LL-F5 | 62.3 | 29.4 | 70.3 | 87.2 | 90.8b | 92.5 | 89.3b | 90.5 | 92.4 | 90.7 | 90.8 | 89.6b |
| SEM | 2.02 | 4.69 | 2.74 | 2.33 | 0.87 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.16 | 1.37 | 1.08 | 0.92 | 0.95 |
| P-value | ||||||||||||
| S | 0.759 | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.154 | 0.022 | 0.171 | 0.131 | 0.055 | 0.155 | 0.001 |
| F | 0.032 | - | - | - | 0.394 | 0.269 | 0.263 | 0.194 | 0.613 | 0.738 | 0.222 | 0.255 |
| A | 0.001 | - | - | - | 0.011 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S × F | 0.143 | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.312 | 0.002 | 0.042 | 0.142 | 0.625 | 0.417 | 0.036 |
| S × A | 0.380 | - | - | - | 0.838 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S × F × A | 0.069 | - | - | - | 0.002 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
a,bMeans followed by different letters, at each floor and in the same column, differ significantly by Tukey test at P < 0.05.
Mean ± SEM. Period 1 (19–27) n = 6. Period 2 (28–48) n = 14. Subperiods n = 2.
Abbreviation: LED, light-emitting diode.
F1 = cage floor 1. F2 = cage floor 2. F3 = cage floor 3. F4 = cage floor 4. F5 = cage floor 5.
LS = LED strip. LL = LED lamp.