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. 2020 Jul 15;99(10):5047–5054. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.06.057

Table 3.

Effects of dietary TFRD on laying performance in caged laying hens.

Items1 CON TFRD1 TFRD2 SEM P-value
Laying rate, % 86.90 86.86 87.78 1.23 0.949
AEW, g 60.97b 62.92a 63.07a 0.29 0.001
ADFI, g 121.86 121.83 121.79 0.04 0.844
FCR 2.31 2.23 2.22 0.02 0.099

Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05), n = 6 per group.

1

TFRD, total flavonoids of Rhizoma Drynariae; AEW, average egg weight; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; CON, basal diet; TFRD1, basal diet supplemented with 0.5 g/kg TFRD; TFRD2, basal diet supplemented with 2.0 g/kg TFRD.