Impact of Cannabis Seed Incorporation in Layer Diet on Productive Performance and Egg Quality Traits

Table 3

Effect of nonindustrial hemp seed incorporation in the diet of laying hens on zootechnical performance during the experimental period.

Parameters

Treatments

Control

HS-10%

HS-20%

HS-30%

W-28

W-32

W-36

W-28

W-32

W-36

W-28

W-32

W-36

W-28

W-32

W-36

Egg production (%)

93.05^bcd ± 8.19

100^d ± 7.45

98.61^d ± 3.40

100^d ± 0.00

97.22^d ± 4.30

97.22^cd ± 4.30

84.72^a±3.40

94.44^c ± 8.60

87.50^b ± 4.56

80.56^a ± 7.45

81.94^a ± 6.27

86.11^ab ± 6.80

Egg weight (g)

55.05^cd ± 3.32

59.47^ef ± 2.59

60.06^f ± 1.55

53.89^c ± 2.06

55.26^cd ± 1.73

56.94^de ± 1.61

50.99^ab ± 1.35

52.50^abc ± 2.00

59.25^ef ± 1.84

52.52^bc ± 2.88

49.86^a ± 2.82

58.21^ef ± 3.36

Feed intake (g/hen/day)

106.9^a ± 1.62

119^c ± 0.13

118.5^c ± 0.44

108.36^b ± 1.01

118.95^c ± 0.27

118.41^c ± 0.4

107.48^ab ± 1.12

118.2^c ± 0.78

117.81^c ± 0.81

108.8^b ± 3.10

118.19^c ± 0.67

117.91^c ± 0.39

Feed conversion

1.82^cde ± 0.10

1.68^a ± 0.10

1.67^a ± 0.04

1.86^de ± 0.06

1.81^bcd ± 0.05

1.76^abcd ± 0.04

1.97^fg ± 0.05

1.91^ef ± 0.07

1.69^a ± 0.05

1.92^ef ± 0.10

2.02^g ± 0.11

1.73^ab ± 0.06

Body weight (kg)

1.84^e ± 0.04

1.76^f ± 0.03

1.83^e ± 0.03

1.75^f ± 0.04

1.67^c ± 0.05

1.7^c ± 0.04

1.66^bc ± 0.04

1.57^a0.02

1.61^ab ± 0.05

1.69^c ± 0.04

1.61^ab ± 0.05

1.68^c ± 0.05

Mortality

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

W-28: Week 28; W-32: Week 32; W-36: Week 36; HS-10%: hemp seed 10%; HS-20%: hemp seed 20%; HS-30%: hemp seed 30%. Mean ± standard deviation. Significant differences ( < 0.05) between means are shown with different lowercase letters (a–f).