Table-5.

Internal and external egg quality characteristics influenced by different treatments.

Treatment group	Cu level (%) of requirement	Cu source	Shape index	Albumen index	Yolk index	Haugh unit score	Shell thickness (mm)	Yolk fat content (%) dry matter basis	Yolk color score
T1	100	Inorganic	74.46± 0.52b	0.10± 0.00	0.44± 0.01	86.42± 0.56a	0.32± 0.00a	59.49± 0.99	7.28± 0.11
T2	100	Organic	75.27± 0.42b	0.10± 0.00	0.43± 0.01	84.02± 0.54ab	0.34± 0.00b	57.94± 1.89	7.33± 0.10
T3	75	Organic	74.46± 0.41b	0.09± 0.00	0.42± 0.01	84.41± 0.54ab	0.34± 0.00b	58.25± 1.54	7.31± 0.09
T4	50	Organic	73.65± 0.94ab	0.10± 0.00	0.43± 0.00	85.12± 0.56ab	0.33± 0.00ab	59.01± 0.60	7.17± 0.10
T5	75	Nanoparticles	73.19± 0.34ab	0.09± 0.00	0.43± 0.00	82.79± 0.58b	0.36± 0.00c	59.05± 0.89	7.16± 0.09
T6	50	Nanoparticles	70.35± 1.45a	0.10± 0.0	0.44± 0.01	85.96± 1.00a	0.34± 0.00b	59.78± 3.30	7.34± 0.98
T7	25	Nanoparticles	74.06±0.92b	0.09± 0.00	0.43± 0.01	85.20± 0.65ab	0.34± 0.00ab	59.57± 2.98	7.31± 0.93
SEM			3.869	0.017	0.024	3.128	0.017	2.136	0.483
p-value			<0.001	0.068	0.842	0.002	<0.001	0.993	0.792

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