. 2021 Dec 31;12(1):87. doi: 10.3390/ani12010087

Table 2.

Effects of dietary sulfur on production performance in laying hens (n = 8).

Item	CONT ¹	MSM	SS	SEM ²	p-Value
Feed intake, g/bird
4 weeks	107.6 ^a	101.4 ^b	98.2 ^c	0.91	<0.001
8 weeks	102.0 ^a	103.9 ^a	95.7 ^b	1.75	0.011
12 weeks	107.7	108.2	109.7	2.09	0.839
Egg production, %
4 weeks	81.9	82.4	78.7	1.89	0.405
8 weeks	85.3 ^a	83.4 ^a	75.9 ^b	1.44	0.001
12 weeks	81.5 ^a	83.2 ^a	72.4 ^b	1.59	0.002
Feed conversion ratio, kg/kg
4 weeks	2.08	1.98	2.06	0.04	0.332
8 weeks	1.87 ^b	1.94 ^a,b	2.03 ^a	0.04	0.022
12 weeks	2.08 ^b	2.01 ^b	2.39 ^a	0.05	0.001

^{a, b, c} Means value without a common superscript within the same row differ (p < 0.05). ¹ CONT, basal diet; MSM, basal diet + methyl sulfonyl methane; SS, basal diet + sodium sulfate. ² SEM, standard error of the mean.