Impact of adding natural bioactive mixture composed of lemon, onion, and garlic juice at different levels on productive performance, egg quality, and some blood parameters of commercial laying hens

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Performance of laying hens receiving different dietary treatments

Item	Number of egg/hen	Percentage of egg production	Egg mass/hen (g)	Average of egg weight (g)	Feed consumption/hen/day	Feed conversion
First period (28 days)
Control (G₁)	22.20	79.29	1265.07	56.94^ab	119.71	2.63
1% LOG (G₂)	22.77	81.31	1328.88	58.32^ab	126.35	2.61
2% LOG (G₃)	22.92	81.84	1288.44	56.20^b	122.13	2.67
3% LOG (G₄)	22.92	81.84	1352.42	59.04^a	117.81	2.44
Overall mean ± SE	22.70 ± 0.22	81.07 ± 0.78	1308.70 ± 15.70	57.63 ± 0.32	121.50 ± 1.20	2.59 ± 0.04
Second period (28 days)
Control (G₁)	22.86^b	75.60^b	1326.21^b	58.01	128.44	2.72^a
1% LOG (G₂)	24.90^a	82.34^a	1489.48^a	59.86	121.21	2.29^b
2% LOG (G₃)	25.05^a	82.84^a	1463.08^a	58.37	126.29	2.42^b
3% LOG (G₄)	24.48^ab	80.95^ab	1449.27^a	59.18	122.74	2.37^b
Overall mean ± SE	24.32 ± 0.24	80.43 ± 0.78	1432.01 ± 15.44	58.86 ± 0.30	124.67 ± 1.02	2.45 ± 0.03
Third period (28 days)
Control (G₁)	21.84	72.22	1278.72	58.55	124.26^ab	2.73
1% LOG (G₂)	23.01	76.09	1399.71	60.79	129.96^a	2.61
2% LOG (G₃)	22.95	75.89	1362.69	59.25	122.59^ab	2.54
3% LOG (G₄)	23.01	76.09	1411.48	61.23	121.69^b	2.43
Overall mean ± SE	22.70 ± 0.22	75.07 ± 0.70	1363.15 ± 19.04	59.96 ± 0.53	124.63 ± 0.96	2.58 ± 0.04

^{a, b}Means in the same column having different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05)
SEM standard error of mean, LOG natural bioactive mixture juice composed of lemon, onion, and garlic juice at portions 1.00, 1.00, and 0.125/l clean water