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. 2022 Oct 13;13:118. doi: 10.1186/s40104-022-00766-4

Table 2.

Laying performance of laying hens1

Item Control MCE PBC MCE + PBC SEM P-value
LR, % 91.52b 92.70ab 92.00b 94.48a 0.01 0.003
ADEM, g/hen/d 52.28b 52.86ab 52.56ab 53.73a 0.38 0.026
ADFI, g/hen/d 111.42 111.18 111.63 112.43 0.59 0.503
FCR, gfeed/gegg 2.13 2.10 2.12 2.09 0.02 0.320

1Results are the mean of 6 replicates of 15 laying hens each. LR laying rate, ADEM average daily egg mass, ADFI average daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio SEM standard error of mean

abValue differences in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05)