Table 6. Effects of dietary supplementation of silkworm powder on egg storage stability in laying hens1)

Items NC Silkworm powder SEM p-value
0.01% 0.03% 0.05% Linear Quadratic
Haugh unit
 0 d 94.5 95.3 95.2 95.8 2.45 0.13 0.31
 7 d 83.8 84.7 85.2 84.8 1.66 0.08 0.25
 14 d 72.5c 76.8b 79.3a 79.5a 1.79 <0.05 0.21
 21 d 57.2c 64.6b 66.8a 67.1a 1.02 <0.05 0.18
TBARS (MDA mg/L)
 0 d 0.91 0.95 0.95 0.85 0.09 0.12 0.11
 7 d 1.92 1.89 1.83 1.89 0.07 0.10 0.23
 14 d 2.62a 2.51b 2.45b 2.47b 0.06 <0.05 0.11
 21 d 4.11a 3.93b 3.84bc 3.77c 0.07 <0.05 0.18
Data are least squares means of 6 observations per treatment.
Means within the same row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).