Table 4. Effects of dietary supplementation of silkworm powder on egg quality in laying hens1)

Control Silkworm powder SEM p-value
0.01% 0.03% 0.05% Linear Quadratic
White blood cell (K/μL) 28.36 28.41 27.32 25.35 0.87 0.33 0.33
Heterophil (K/μL) 10.07 9.85 9.68 9.14 0.23 0.33 0.26
Lymphocyte (K/μL) 15.60 15.52 15.31 14.63 0.42 0.21 0.49
Heterophil/lymphocyte 0.65 0.63 0.62 0.62 0.03 0.07 0.11
Data are least squares means of 6 observations per treatment.