Table 4.

Effect of dietary soluble flaxseed oil on laying performance and body weight in laying hens.

Item	Soluble flaxseed oil concentration in diets, %					SEM	P-value
	0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Average daily feed intake, g	124.46	126.03	124.60	124.45	122.92	2.81	0.959	0.612	0.701
Egg production, %	76.61	78.81	73.21	76.87	80.04	3.55	0.856	0.671	0.494
Egg weight, g	62.69	61.89	62.96	61.32	63.01	0.76	0.565	0.975	0.513
Egg mass, (g/d/bird)	48.07	48.75	46.09	47.18	50.47	2.40	0.848	0.681	0.419
Feed to egg ratio1, (g:g)	2.62	2.61	2.70	2.66	2.44	0.10	0.549	0.363	0.235
Body weight, kg/bird
D 0	1.82	1.88	1.89	1.87	1.81	0.05	0.657	0.852	0.134
D 28	1.87	1.90	1.91	1.93	1.85	0.04	0.555	0.801	0.143

Abbreviation: ANOVA, analysis of variance.

¹Feed to egg ratio, average daily feed intake/egg mass.