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Table 2 Feed intake, hen-day egg production, egg weight, egg mass and feed conversion efficiency following treatments supplemented with different postbiotic metabolite combinations

From: Effects of feeding different postbiotic metabolite combinations produced by Lactobacillus plantarumstrains on egg quality and production performance, faecal parameters and plasma cholesterol in laying hens

  

Treatments

 
 

Control

COM246

COM345

COM456

Hen-day egg production (%)

83.07 ± 1.02b

85.21 ± 0.76a

85.10 ± 0.61a

86.43 ± 1.08a

Feed intake (g/hen/day)

98.88 ± 2.24

99.24 ± 2.81

98.97 ± 3.21

99.13 ± 2.67

Egg weight (g/egg)

58.72 ± 1.71

57.63 ± 1.77

57.42 ± 1.64

56.81 ± 1.87

Egg mass (g/hen/day)

48.78 ± 0.46

49.00 ± 0.52

48.86 ± 0.55

49.08 ± 0.65

Feed conversion efficiency

2.02 ± 0.13

2.03 ± 0.16

2.02 ± 0.11

2.02 ± 0.12

  1. 1 a-bMeans in the same row not sharing a common superscript are significantly P < 0.05).
  2. 2SEM: Data are means of 25 cages of 2 hens per cage per treatmen.t.