Table 4. Effects of dietary energy level during the pullets and growing period (3 to 18 weeks of age) on ovary index and follicle development of pullets

Parameter	Treatment	Weeks				SEM	P-value
Parameter	Treatment	6	13	16	18	SEM	P-value
Ovary weight (g)	H	0.00^d	0.32^c	0.43^b	0.63^a	0.027	<.0001
	Con	0.00^d	0.29^c	0.44^b	0.77^b	0.042	<.0001
	L	0.00^d	0.28^c	0.40^b	0.74^b	0.027	<.0001
	VL	0.00^d	0.30^c	0.40^b	0.62^b	0.035	<.0001
	SEM	0.000	0.016	0.021	0.061
	P-value	1.000	0.294	0.367	0.221
Follicle numbers	H	0.00^b	0.00b^b	1.00^b	5.56^a	0.501	<.0001
	Con	0.00^b	0.00^b	1.22^b	8.11^a	0.614	<.0001
	L	0.00^b	0.00^b	0.78^b	9.67^a	0.744	<.0001
	VL	0.00^b	0.00^b	0.11^b	6.00^a	0.626	<.0001
	SEM	0.000	0.000	0.449	1.171
	P-value	1.000	1.000	0.346	0.064
Oviduct weight (g)	H	-	-	-	1.95	-	-
	Con	-	-	-	2.52	-	-
	L	-	-	-	2.08	-	-
	VL	-	-	-	1.93	-	-
	SEM	-	-	-	1.017
	P-value	-	-	-	0.974

Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different at P<0.05.