Table 2. Egg production performance of laying hens from week 38 to 40 fed diets containing different feed additives1

Items Dietary treatment2 SEM P-value
CON YSAPB APY OGO
Egg production (%)
Day 7 86.90 98.21 94.05 88.69 2.519 0.390
Day 14 88.69 94.05 92.26 87.50 4.148 0.938
Day 1—14 87.80 96.13 93.15 88.10 2.338 0.526
Egg weight (g)
Day 7 62.05b 59.22a 60.93ab 61.30ab 0.342 0.047
Day 14 60.22a 60.70ab 60.03a 61.64b 0.164 0.009
Day 1—14 61.14 59.96 60.48 61.47 0.202 0.051
Feed conversion ratio (g/g)
Day 7 1.77a 1.86b 1.80ab 1.79ab 0.011 0.038
Day 14 1.83b 1.81ab 1.83b 1.78a 0.005 0.009
Day 1—14 1.80 1.84 1.82 1.79 0.007 0.065
Egg mass (g/d/bird)
Day 7 53.92 58.39 57.28 54.33 1.599 0.706
Day 14 53.39 57.00 55.42 53.85 2.458 0.953
Day 1—14 53.66 57.69 56.35 54.09 1.411 0.714
Values are mean of four replicates per treatment.
CON: Basal diet meets the recommended nutritional requirements for Hy-Line Brown; YSAPB: CON + 1 g/kg YSAPB; APY: CON + 1 g/kg APY; OGO: CON + 1 g/kg OGO.
Means in a row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
SEM = standard error of mean.