Table 3 Performance response to peptide supplementation in different periods

1

Egg mass (g per hen daily)

54.5

54.2

0.59

0.73

Egg weight (g)

58

58.03

0.62

0.97

Hen-day production (%)

94

93.5

0.58

0.57

Broken eggs (%)

0.1^b

0.28^a

0.01

0.004

Mortality (%)

0.07

0.06

0.00

0.48

2

Egg mass (g per hen daily)

51.86^b

55.25^a

0.55

0.01

Egg weight (g)

55.06^b

58.29^a

0.53

0.01

Hen-day production (%)

94.19

94.8

0.65

0.49

Broken eggs (%)

0.1

0.18

0.02

0.07

Mortality (%)

0.05

0.05

0.65

1.00

3

Egg mass (g per hen daily)

55.22

55.7

1.15

0.78

Egg weight (g)

59.06

58.8

1.23

0.88

Hen-day production (%)

93.5

94.7

1.18

0.50

Broken eggs (%)

0.00^b

0.12^a

0.00

0.001

Mortality (%)

0.05

0.05

0.57

1.00

4

Egg mass (g per hen daily)

57.04

56.19

1.05

0.34

Egg weight (g)

59.92

59.4

0.57

0.55

Hen-day production (%)

95.19

94.58

1.47

0.78

Broken eggs (%)

0.1

0.15

0.02

0.28

Mortality (%)

0.06

0.06

0.00

1.00

5

Egg mass (g per hen daily)

57.28

57.4

1.15

0.94

Egg weight (g)

59.93

59.52

0.57

0.64

Hen-day production (%)

95.57

96.44

1.15

0.62

Broken eggs (%)

0.07

0.21

0.04

0.07

Mortality (%)

0.06

0.05

0.57

0.28