Table 2 Effect of dietary germanium on the performance of laying hens

Germanium(%)	Egg production(%)	Feed intake(g)	Egg weight(g)	Daily egg mass(g)	Feed conversion
0	77.02	103.99	61.32	47.22	2.202
1	76.69	102.84	61.81	47.40	2.171
2	79.03	104.21	61.38	48.52	2.149
4	78.67	103.09	61.35	48.26	2.136
SEM	0.42	0.60	0.23	0.30	0.014
P-value	0.10	0.85	0.89	0.38	0.360