Table 3.

Main effects of amaranth feeding, enzyme additionand interaction between amaranth feeding and enzyme addition on productive performance of laying hens.

Item	FI 1 (g d−1 Bird−1)	HDP 2 (%)	EW 3 (g)	EM 4 (g d−1 Bird−1)	FCR 5 (kg Feed: kg Egg)
Amaranth Grain (AG), (g/kg)
0	109.17	81.80	60.56 a	49.54 a	2.20 b
100	109.08	82.25	59.80 a	49.20 a	2.21 b
200	109.13	82.36	59.64 a	49.13 a	2.22 b
300	108.11	80.13	58.24 b	46.68 b	2.33 a
400	108.97	79.12	58.49 b	46.29 b	2.35 a
SEM	0.131	0.277	0.319	0.352	0.016
p-value	0.85	0.47	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
p-value
Contrasts	0.49	0.01	0.001	0.001	0.001
Linear	0.37	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
Quadratic	0.76	0.001	0.53	0.06	0.07
Enzyme (±E), (g/kg)
0 (−E)	109.18	80.13	58.90 b	47.20 b	2.31 a
0.25 (+E)	109.00	82.14	59.80 a	49.13 a	2.22 b
SEM	0.082	0.175	0.202	0.222	0.010
p-value	0.13	0.36	0.003	0.0001	0.0001
Interactions effect, (AG × E)
T1: 0 × 0	109.03	81.45	60.20 ab	49.04 bc	2.22 cd
T2: 100 × 0	109.37	80.58	59.56 b	48.00 cd	2.28 bc
T3: 200 × 0	109.38	80.13	59.24 bc	47.47 cd	2.30 b
T4: 300 × 0	109.13	79.68	57.49 d	45.81 e	2.38 a
T5: 400 × 0	109.01	78.79	57.99 cd	45.69 e	2.39 a
T6: 0 × 0.25	109.31	82.14	60.91 a	50.03 ab	2.18 de
T7: 100 × 0.25	108.78	83.92	60.05 ab	50.40 ab	2.15 de
T8: 200 × 0.25	109.22	84.59	60.04 ab	50.80 a	2.14 e
T9: 300 × 0.25	108.88	80.58	58.89 bc	47.54 cd	2.29 bc
T10: 400 × 0.25	108.93	79.46	58.99 bc	46.88 de	2.32 ab
SEM	0.185	0.392	0.452	0.497	0.023
p-value	0.15	0.64	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

^a–e Means within each column with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05). T₁: 0 AG-E, T₂: 100 AG-E, T₃: 200 AG-E, T₄: 300 AG-E, T₅: 400 AG-E, T₆: 0 AG + E, T₇: 100 AG + E, T₈: 200 AG + E, T₉: 300 AG + E, T₁₀: 400 AG + E; ¹ FI: feed intake, ² HDP: hen-day production, ³ EW: egg weight, ⁴ EM: egg mass, ⁵ FCR: feed conversion ratio.