. 2021 Mar 11;100(7):101097. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101097

Table 3.

Effect of dietary feed different concentration of NH on egg quality of laying hens.¹

		NH level (mg/kg)
Item		Control	100	200	400	SEM	P-Value
12 wk	Eggshell strength, kg/cm³	4.15	3.86	4.03	4.47	0.15	0.06
	Albumen height, mm	7.05	7.33	7.58	7.78	0.33	0.447
	York color	6.39	6.66	6.7	6.4	0.14	0.293
	Haugh unit	80.11	84.33	85.34	86.54	1.98	0.147
	Yolk weight, g	18.56	18.96	19.01	18.98	0.48	0.9
	L	79.89	81.55	81.69	81.72	0.66	0.175
	A	4.46^a	4.33^a	3.28^b	3.782^b	0.22	0.004
	B	18.47	16.93	17.26	17.99	0.53	0.192
stored 15 d	Eggshell strength, kg/cm³	3.86	4.3	4.16	4.14	0.17	0.375
	Albumen height, mm	3.84^b	4.05^b	5.21^a	4.47^ab	0.27	0.012
	York color	6.94^b	7.31^a	7.36^a	7.29^a	0.09	0.014
	Haugh unit	49.42^c	55.91^bc	66.65^a	60.58^ab	2.96	0.004
	Yolk weight, g	20.84	20.47	21.61	21.16	0.61	0.603
	L	83.38	83.08	83.79	82.63	0.85	0.804
	a	3.82	3.61	3.33	3.86	0.31	0.618
	b	18.23	17.85	17.31	18.31	0.69	0.737

^a,b,cMeans with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each mean represents 6 replicates, with 4 eggs/replicate.

Abbreviations: 100, 100 mg/kg neohesperidin; 200, 200 mg/kg neohesperidin; 400, 400 mg/kg neohesperidin; a, redness; b, yellowness; L, lightness; NH, neohesperidin.