. 2021 Feb 17;100(5):101066. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101066

Table 3.

Effects of dietary treatments on productive performance of laying hens from 50 to 62 wk of age.

Basal diet	MC¹ level	BG² level	Egg weight	Egg production	Egg mass	Feed intake	FCR³
Basal diet	MC¹ level	BG² level	g	%	g/hen/d	g/hen/d	FCR³
Corn	−	−	63.4	84.0^c	53.2	110.6	2.08^b,c
Corn	−	+	64.5	83.4^c	53.8	112.5	2.09^b,c
Corn	+	−	63.9	84.4^b,c	53.9	113.3	2.10^a,b
Corn	+	+	64.3	85.2^a,b,c	54.8	109.4	2.00^b,c,d
Wheat	−	−	63.0	79.8^d	50.2	111.1	2.21^a
Wheat	−	+	63.9	85.0^a,b,c	54.3	108.1	1.99^c,d
Wheat	+	−	63.9	87.2^a,b	55.7	111.8	2.01^b,c,d
Wheat	+	+	64.6	87.7^a	56.6	110.0	1.94^d
SEM			0.45	1.08	0.76	1.61	0.033
Main effect means
Basal diet
Corn			64.0	84.24	53.9	111.4	2.07
Wheat			63.8	84.92	54.2	110.3	2.04
SEM			0.22	0.54	0.38	0.80	0.017
MC level
−			63.7	83.0^b	52.9^b	110.6	2.09^a
+			64.2	86.1^a	55.3^a	111.1	2.01^b
SEM			0.22	0.54	0.38	0.80	0.017
BG level
−			63.5^b	83.8	53.3^b	111.7	2.10^a
+			64.3^a	85.3	54.9^a	109.9	2.01^b
SEM			0.22	0.54	0.38	0.80	0.017
Significance
Basal diet			0.569	0.376	0.591	0.306	0.232
MC level			0.126	<0.001	<0.001	0.620	0.001
BG level			0.019	0.053	0.005	0.138	<0.001
Diet × MC			0.313	0.013	0.007	0.515	0.057
Diet × BG			0.908	0.082	0.097	0.550	0.038
MC × BG			0.506	0.268	0.196	0.331	0.697
Diet × MC × BG			0.699	0.048	0.107	0.128	0.005

^a-dMeans within each column with no common superscript differ (P < 0.05).

Multicarbohydrase.

Butyrate glycerides.

Feed conversion ratio.