Table 5. Effect of dietary palm kernel meal (PKM) and β-xylanase supplementation on fatty liver incidence of laying hens

Item Fatty liver
Liver color1) Lipid concentration (%)
Score L* a* b*
Xylanase (%) PKM (%)
 0 0 2.1 32.5 22.1 12.4 34.7
10 1.9 33.3 18.9 13.2 33.0
 0.025 0 2.9 34.0 20.1 15.2 32.9
10 2.4 32.4 21.1 12.0 33.9
SEM 0.36 1.73 1.01 1.93 1.73
Main effect
 Xylanase (%)
  0 2.0 32.9 20.5 12.8 33.8
  0.025 2.7 33.2 20.6 13.6 33.5
  SEM 0.25 1.23 0.71 1.36 1.22
PKM (%)
  0 2.5 33.3 21.1 13.8 33.8
  10 2.2 32.8 20.0 12.6 33.5
  SEM 0.25 1.23 0.71 1.36 1.22
Effect (p-value)
 Xylanase 0.077 0.872 0.951 0.693 0.807
 PKM 0.345 0.800 0.273 0.550 0.854
 Xylanase × PKM 0.604 0.488 0.051 0.320 0.451
Liver score was measured by the scale and CIE [13,23].