. 2021 May 29;14(5):1371–1379. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.1371-1379

Table-4.

Egg production, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, egg weight, egg mass and body weight gain influenced by different treatments.

Treatment group	Cu level (%) of requirement	Cu source	Hen day egg production (%)	Hen housed egg production (%)	Feed intake (g/day/hen)	FCR (kg feed intake/kg egg mass)	Egg weight (g)	Egg mass (g/day/hen)	Body weight gain (g)
T₁	100	Inorganic	64.06± 1.66	63.06± 1.66	149.50± 0.10^b	3.80± 0.07	58.26± 0.66^b	39.27±0.59	50.13± 10.60^b
T₂	100	Organic	64.55± 1.33	64.55± 1.33	149.78± 0.05^b	3.81± 0.06	59.04± 0.60^ab	39.52± 0.65	99.63± 10.93^a
T₃	75	Organic	65.57± 1.55	63.82± 1.81	149.58± 0.13^b	3.72± 0.05	59.99± 0.66^ab	39.13± 0.84	70.41± 9.69^b
T₄	50	Organic	62.38± 1.60	62.39± 1.60	149.29± 0.06^b	3.83± 0.06	60.03± 0.51^ab	39.19± 0.74	77.56± 12.23^b
T₅	75	Nanoparticles	64.19± 1.45	63.97± 1.42	145.34± 0.56^a	3.78± 0.09	60.03± 0.51^ab	39.80± 0.88	96.31± 10.65^a
T₆	50	Nanoparticles	63.13± 1.52	63.13± 1.52	149.63± 0.07^b	3.83± 0.07	60.84± 0.67^a	39.38± 0.75	91.20± 10.14^b
T₇	25	Nanoparticles	64.38± 1.18	64.38± 1.18	149.59± 0.08	3.78± 0.06	59.65± 0.61^ab	39.74± 0.65	78.44± 9.12^b
SEM			3.546	3.631	0.462	0.168	2.881	1.760	71.375
p-value			0.824	0.959	<0.001	0.939	0.081	0.986	0.015

Mean values bearing different superscripts within the column differ significantly (p<0.05) , Cu=Copper, FCR=Feed conversion ratio