Soya saponin improves egg-laying performance and immune function of laying hens

Table 7 Correlation analysis of related indexes about egg production performance at the end of the trial (* represents 0.01<P<0.05, ** represents P<0.01)

	E2	P	LH	FSH	Egg-laying rate	Ovaries weight %	Oviducts weight %	Total oviducts length	Magnum length	Shell gland length	GnRH1	ERR	PGR	LHR	FSHR
E2	1
P	0.244	1
LH	0.005	−0.120	1
FSH	0.201	0.176	0.447*	1
Egg-laying rate	0.153	0.251	0.170	−0.082	1
Ovaries weight %	0.365	0.193	0.194	0.358	0.061	1
oviducts weight %	−0.003	0.048	−0.093	−0.040	0.167	0.198	1
Total oviducts length	−0.110	−0.101	0.096	0.009	0.488*	0.158	0.712**	1
Magnum length	−0.011	0.100	0.016	0.026	0.302	0.067	0.642**	0.757**	1
Shell gland length	0.330	0.111	0.182	0.283	0.786**	0.424*	0.389	0.625**	0.379	1
GnRH1	0.438*	0.051	0.153	0.212	0.482*	0.238	0.063	0.203	0.214	0.312	1
ERR	0.283	0.095	0.166	0.171	0.672**	0.358	−0.046	0.316	0.303	0.454*	0.707**	1
PGR	0.235	0.020	−0.094	0.069	0.035	0.026	−0.185	−0.045	0.069	−0.061	0.474*	0.538**	1
LHR	0.332	0.217	−0.009	−0.002	0.316	0.509*	0.256	0.366	0.177	0.336	0.114	0.202	0.107	1
FSHR	0.274	0.518**	0.186	0.311	0.524*	0.269	0.213	0.306	0.284	0.422*	0.305	0.451*	0.419*	0.320	1

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