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.