Table 5. Effect of wild ginseng on egg quality

Treatments1)	CON	WG1	WG2	SEM	p-value
Haugh units
4 weeks	79.72	82.14	82.10	2.704	0.606
8 weeks	78.74	77.45	79.01	5.762	0.204
12 weeks	80.60	84.01	82.70	1.688	0.167
Yolk color
4 weeks	7.88	7.94	8.44	0.269	0.114
8 weeks	7.44	8.20	7.74	0.447	0.270
12 weeks	7.86	7.93	8.11	0.223	0.538
Yolk weight (g)
4 weeks	14.36	15.14	15.65	0.538	0.092
8 weeks	14.85	15.00	15.63	0.757	0.570
12 weeks	16.36	16.61	17.12	0.445	0.254
Albumin weight (g)
4 weeks	38.25	39.03	39.08	1.194	0.741
8 weeks	39.68	40.21	40.11	1.283	0.910
12 weeks	38.39	38.86	39.44	0.654	0.316
Yolk percentage (%)
4 weeks	24.29	25.29	26.36	1.027	0.176
8 weeks	24.73	24.67	25.51	1.302	0.775
12 weeks	26.93	27.02	27.27	0.692	0.885
Albumin percentage (%)
4 weeks	65.97	65.33	64.28	1.255	0.421
8 weeks	66.05	66.17	65.37	1.729	0.885
12 weeks	63.19	63.22	62.80	0.704	0.803
Eggshell thickness (mm)
4 weeks	0.43	0.41	0.41	0.035	0.763
8 weeks	0.41	0.40	0.42	0.014	0.632
12 weeks	0.41	0.42	0.44	0.032	0.722
Eggshell hardness
4 weeks	4.56	4.74	4.84	0.255	0.556
8 weeks	4.04	4.26	4.16	0.251	0.689
12 weeks	4.74	4.43	4.52	0.380	0.709

CON, basal diet; WG1, 0.1% wild ginseng + basal diet; WG2, 0.5% wild ginseng + basal diet.