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Table 2 Body weight, egg production and egg quality of low- and high-yielding Changshun green-shell laying hen

From: Transcriptome analysis of ovary tissues from low- and high-yielding Changshun green-shell laying hens

 

Treatment

Sig

LP

HP

Initial body weight (g)

1.46 ± 0.08

1.27 ± 0.13

NS

Final body weight (g)

1.54 ± 0.07

1.26 ± 0.15

*

Laying rate (%)

68.00 ± 5.56

93.67 ± 7.09

**

Egg weight (g)

46.91 ± 0.45

45.04 ± 1.02

*

Eggshell thickness (mm)

0.30 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.06

*

Shell strength (N/cm2)

39.22 ± 0.30

37.97 ± 0.69

*

  1. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; NS no significant difference, LP low egg production group; HP high egg production group
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