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Table 7.

Effect of high dietary soluble non-starch polysaccharide (sNSP) level and xylanase supplementation on egg quality, measured after hens were fed the dietary treatments for 0, 28 or 56 d.

Item	High sNSP without xylanase			SEM	P-value	High sNSP with xylanase			SEM	P-value
Item	0 d	28 d	56 d	SEM	P-value	0 d	28 d	56 d	SEM	P-value
Egg weight, g	58.22^b	61.65^a	62.46^a	2.32	0.001	58.85^b	60.70^ab	61.53^a	1.95	0.021
Breaking strength, N	50.02^a	49.16^ab	46.24^b	2.48	0.011	50.06	49.67	47.32	3.65	0.274
Shell deformation, nm	0.289	0.296	0.288	0.01	0.277	0.296	0.295	0.298	0.01	0.957
Albumen height, mm	10.89	10.70	10.13	0.48	0.075	10.95^a	10.84^ab	10.39^b	0.44	0.037
Haugh unit	103.2^a	101.9^a	99.4^b	2.02	0.004	103.4^a	102.7^ab	100.8^b	1.83	0.022
Yolk colour score	9.90^b	11.34^a	11.84^a	0.49	<0.001	9.53^b	11.66^a	12.16^a	0.54	<0.001
Yolk weight, g	13.16^c	14.75^b	15.50^a	0.52	<0.001	13.39^b	14.13^a	14.68^a	0.54	<0.001
Shell weight, g	6.047	6.001	5.904	0.18	0.331	6.027	5.989	5.958	0.0.17	0.748
Shell thickness, mm	0.427	0.435	0.426	0.01	0.094	0.424	0.435	0.428	0.01	0.107
Shell reflectivity, %	23.68	24.00	24.36	1.45	0.836	23.12	24.24	24.27	1.58	0.254

^a,b Means with no common superscript within a row and within a section differ significantly (P < 0.05).