Table 3.
Impact of daidzein (Da) and Chinese herbs (CH) on laying performance of post-peak laying hens during wk 5-8 of treatment.
| Factors |
Performance characteristic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Da | CH | Egg weight (g) | Egg production (%) | ADFI (g) | FCR |
| Interaction means | |||||
| - | - | 66 ± 1.4 | 81 ± 2.5 | 120 ± 3.8 | 2.4 ± 0.08 |
| + | 65 ± 1.4 | 84 ± 6.5 | 123 ± 7.0 | 2.2 ± 0.11 | |
| + | - | 67 ± 1.7 | 87 ± 2.6 | 120 ± 6.4 | 2.1 ± 0.14 |
| + | 66 ± 1.8 | 89 ± 3.8 | 120 ± 5.7 | 2.1 ± 0.15 | |
| Main effect means | |||||
| - | 65.8 | 82.4b | 123.0 | 2.28a | |
| + | 66.4 | 87.6a | 120.0 | 2.13b | |
| - | 66.5 | 83.7b | 119.8 | 2.26a | |
| + | 65.7 | 86.5a | 121.5 | 2.15b | |
| ANOVA | |||||
| PDa | 0.323 | 0.031 | 0.475 | 0.036 | |
| PCH | 0.220 | 0.047 | 0.394 | 0.024 | |
| PDa*CH | 0.884 | 0.120 | 0.149 | 0.783 | |
a-bMain effect means with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05); N = 6, data are expressed as mean ± SE.