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. 2020 Aug 30;7(1):184–193. doi: 10.1002/vms3.343

TABLE 4.

Effects of dietary treatments on egg quality traits of the laying hens

	Variables
Treatments	Egg weight (g)	Egg index (%)	Yolk index (%)	Haugh unit	Yolk colour	Egg shell weight (g)	Egg shell thickness (mm 10⁻²)
Control	65.5	73.7	40.5	77.3	6.83	5.91	37.3
LEO	62.5	71.7	41.4	79.6	7.00	5.93	38.0
MEO	62.5	72.7	40.0	77.6	6.58	5.72	37.7
LEO + MEO	63.1	74.4	39.9	75.9	6.91	6.05	39.1
SEM ^a	1.44	18.2	0.859	1.89	0.120	0.163	0.67
p‐values	.424	.382	.604	.586	.117	.559		.311

Abbreviations: C, control group; LEO + MEO, lavender essential oil + mint essential oil; LEO, lavender essential oil; MEO, mint essential oil.

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SEM.