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Table 4 Mean and standard deviation for eggshell quality

From: The influences of SE infection on layers’ production performance, egg quality and blood biochemical indicators

Trait

Controls

Experiments

Laying rate, %

82.44 ± 4.45

82.19 ± 4.12

Egg weight, g

41.79 ± 3.47

42.54 ± 3.69

Egg thickness, mm

0.314 ± 0.024

0.308 ± 0.023

Eggshell strength, kg/cm2

3.325 ± 0.570

3.174 ± 0.561

Eggshell weight, g

4.76 ± 0.37

4.72 ± 0.45

Eggshell ratio, %

11.53 ± 0.84a

11.15 ± 0.67b

  1. a,bMeans in same row with lacking a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).