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. 2021 May 29;100(8):101296. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101296

Table 2.

Production performance of laying hens fed diets supplemented with different doses of incomplete degradation products of galactomannan (IDPG).

IDPG level (%)
Items 0 0.01 0.025 0.05 SEM P values
Values at 68 to 72 wk of age
Egg production (%) 78.67b 76.88b 81.06ab 82.09a 0.68 0.015
Egg weight (g) 61.86 62.97 62.35 62.14 0.25 0.474
Feed intake (g/hen/d) 129.92 125.51 125.44 128.10 0.76 0.093
FCR (g feed/g egg) 2.68 2.60 2.48 2.45 0.03 0.129
Egg mass (g/hen/d) 48.65 48.35 50.55 51.01 0.44 0.062
Values at 72 to 76 wk of age
Egg production (%) 74.71b 74.66b 76.21ab 77.96a 0.47 0.037
Egg weight (g) 62.84 63.41 63.02 63.30 0.27 0.894
Feed intake (g/hen/d) 124.99 119.50 119.14 120.13 0.98 0.115
FCR (g feed/g egg) 2.66a 2.55ab 2.49ab 2.42b 0.03 0.036
Egg mass (g/hen/d) 47.30 47.36 48.40 49.39 0.38 0.162
Values at 68 to 76 wk of age
Egg production (%) 76.69b 75.76b 78.72ab 79.94a 0.57 0.028
Egg weight (g) 62.35 63.22 62.72 62.75 0.25 0.700
Feed intake (g/hen/d) 127.48 122.48 122.29 124.11 1.04 0.330
FCR (g feed/g egg) 2.67a 2.56ab 2.48ab 2.44b 0.03 0.048
Egg mass (g/hen/d) 47.98 47.85 49.48 50.21 0.37 0.053

a–cIndicates different superscript letters in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).