Table 3. Effect of dietary palm kernel meal (PKM) and β-xylanase supplementation on productive performance of laying hens

Item Productive performance
Final BW (g) Hen-day egg production (%) EW (g) EM (g) FI (g/hen/d) FCR (g/g) Broken and shell-less egg (%)
Xylanase (%) PKM (%)
 0 0 1,988 95.7 61 58.6 115 1.97 0.61
10 2,032 97.3 62 60.1 117 1.94 0.39
 0.025 0 2,018 97.0 61 59.2 115 1.94 0.93
10 2,036 95.8 62 59.2 117 1.98 0.54
SEM 32.1 0.76 0.4 0.49 0.8 0.021 0.222
Main effect
 Xylanase (%)
  0 2,010 96.5 62 59.4 116 1.95 0.50
  0.025 2,027 96.4 61 59.2 116 1.96 0.73
  SEM 22.7 0.54 0.3 0.34 0.6 0.015 0.157
 PKM (%)
  0 2,003 96.3 61 58.9 115 1.95 0.77
  10 2,034 96.6 62 59.7 117 1.96 0.46
  SEM 22.7 0.54 0.3 0.34 0.6 0.015 0.157
Effect (p-value)
Xylanase 0.592 0.881 0.808 0.739 0.854 0.691 0.301
PKM 0.345 0.746 0.090 0.127 0.039 0.799 0.180
Xylanase × PKM 0.692 0.081 0.758 0.143 0.791 0.177 0.680
BW, body weight; EW, egg weight; EM, egg mass; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.