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

Table 3.

Effects of dietary sulfur on dirty and cracked eggs, egg weight, and egg mass in laying hens (n = 8).

Item	CONT ¹	MSM	SS	SEM ²	p-Value
Dirty and cracked egg, %
4 weeks	2.17	2.16	2.68	0.67	0.875
8 weeks	2.74	1.69	2.50	0.90	0.697
12 weeks	2.14	1.96	3.40	0.85	0.559
Egg weight, g/egg
4 weeks	63.42 ^a	62.21 ^a,b	60.90 ^b	0.48	0.014
8 weeks	64.23	64.17	62.22	0.72	0.114
12 weeks	63.82	64.70	63.41	0.73	0.575
Egg mass, g/day
4 weeks	51.8	51.2	47.9	1.08	0.062
8 weeks	54.8 ^a	53.5 ^a	47.2 ^b	1.01	<0.001
12 weeks	51.9 ^a	53.9 ^a	45.9 ^b	0.96	0.001

^{a, b} 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.