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. 2021 Mar 2;7(2):512–520. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.05.012

Table 2.

Effect of dietary soluble non-starch polysaccharide (sNSP) level and xylanase supplementation on hen performance., measured from 0 to 28 d on the dietary treatments (25 to 28 wk of age) or from 29 to 56 d on the dietary treatments (29 to 32 wk of age).

Item Daily egg production, %
Average egg weight, g
Daily egg mass, g
Feed intake, g
FCR (feed-to-egg mass ratio)
25 to 28 wk 29 to 32 wk 25 to 28 wk 29 to 32 wk 25 to 28 wk 29 to 32 wk 25 to 28 wk 29 to 32 wk 25 to 28 wk 29 to 32 wk
sNSP
 High 98.32 98.91 60.16 62.00 59.63 61.64 121.0 123.0 2.048 1.998
 Low 99.10 98.91 60.27 61.87 59.93 61.79 120.8 123.1 2.019 1.988
Xylanase
 - 98.32 99.07 60.55 62.31 59.63 61.09 121.4 124.5a 2.041 2.007
 + 99.11 98.75 59.88 61.87 59.56 61.34 120.4 121.6b 2.027 1.979
Interaction
 High- 97.54b 98.94 60.42 61.83 58.94 61.56 121.3 124.2 2.067 2.019
 High+ 99.12a 98.87 59.91 62.17 59.59 61.73 120.8 121.9 2.029 1.975
 Low- 99.11a 99.20 60.69 62.78 60.32 62.61 121.5 124.9 2.014 1.994
 Low+ 99.10a 98.62 59.85 61.56 59.54 60.96 120.1 121.4 2.024 1.983
SEM 1.38 1.40 1.84 1.66 2.16 2.24 3.71 4.26 0.075 0.075
P-value
 sNSP level 0.068 0.188 0.862 0.755 0.359 0.849 0.868 0.945 0.251 0.731
 Xylanase 0.170 0.821 0.277 0.438 0.928 0.330 0.441 0.047 0.584 0.291
 Interaction 0.018 0.610 0.786 0.173 0.330 0.238 0.737 0.688 0.349 0.533

a, b Means with no common superscript within a column differ significantly (P < 0.05).