Table 4.

Effect of diet supplemented with 30 g/kg of dried fruit pomace on performance of laying hens.

	Group1
Item	CO	CH	BC	RA	Pooled SEM	P-value
Egg production (%)2	89.1	84.8	86.9	85.5	1.57	0.758
Feed intake (g) per bird/d2	115.40	116.52	115.61	118.73	1.85	0.998
Feed conversion (g) per egg2	129.56	138.62	133.16	134.91	2.82	0.779
Feed conversion (kg) per kg of eggs2	2.04	2.08	1.99	2.06	0.06	0.939
Egg weight (g)3	65.84	66.33	66.88	65.44	0.68	0.064

¹CO, control group - the birds’ feeds were a standard feed mixture for laying hens; CH, the birds’ feeds were supplemented with 30 g/kg of dried pomace of black chokeberry; BC, the birds’ feeds were supplemented with 30 g/kg of dried pomace of black currant; RA, the birds’ feeds were supplemented with 30 g/kg dried pomace of raspberry.

²n = 12 per group.

³n = 120 per group.

Abbreviation: SEM, the pooled standard error of the mean.