Effects of Herbal Essential Oil Mixture as a Dietary Supplement on Egg Production in Quail

Table 3

The effect of the dietary inclusion of essential oil mixture or an antibiotic on body weight, Haugh unit, egg yolk color, egg yolk weight, shell weight, and albumen index.

Parameter	Control	EOM	ANT (avilamycin)	Pooled SEM	𝑃
Haugh unit	83.87	84.04	84.47	0.481	0.6636
Shell thickness, mm	0.211	0.208	0.206	0.011	0.0812
Shell weight, g	0.971	0.969	0.995	0.010	0.1185
Egg yolk color	7.64	7.62	7.67	0.154	0.9820
Egg yolk weight, g	3.65	3.59	3.68	0.032	0.1252
Albumen index	8.85	8.82	8.60	0.198	0.6395
Yolk index	46.19^b	47.66^a	46.32^b	0.367	0.0084
Initial body weight, g	229.25	233.69	232.24	2.65	0.4853
Final body weight, g	242.59	242.02	243.11	3.35	0.9748

a,bMeans within row with no common superscripts differ significantly (𝑃<0.05).
SEM: Standard error of the mean.