Table 3 Effect of dietary organic sulfur on performance in laying hens

Organic sulfur (%)	Egg production (%)	Feed intake (g)	Egg weight (g)	Daily egg mass (g)	Feed conversion
31 to 38 weeks
0	94.13	112.58	62.28	58.61	1.922
0.1	93.95	112.80	62.13	58.38	1.935
0.2	94.31	112.30	62.19	58.64	1.916
0.4	95.67	111.52	61.39	58.72	1.900
SEM	0.50	0.30	0.15	0.29	0.012
P-value	0.63	0.48	0.13	0.98	0.790
39 to 46 weeks
0	90.61	112.92	63.07	57.16	1.976
0.1	90.83	114.13	63.05	57.28	1.996
0.2	91.67	112.65	63.00	57.76	1.951
0.4	93.52	113.00	62.48	58.43	1.934
SEM	0.45	0.43	0.18	0.28	0.012
P-value	0.08	0.67	0.66	0.38	0.300
47 to 54 weeks
0	85.72^b	102.64	60.69	52.03	1.974
0.1	86.55^b	104.74	61.26	53.03	1.976
0.2	87.57^ab	102.90	60.98	53.42	1.928
0.4	88.85^a	102.28	60.63	53.88	1.900
SEM	0.41	0.51	0.21	0.33	0.012
P-value	0.02	0.34	0.73	0.23	0.060

^a,b Value with the different letters in the row are significantly different at 5% level.