Table 2. Effect of LED colors on egg quality parameters in brown laying hens housed on floor

Parameters LED colors SEM P-values
Red Blue Green White
Shell color1 12.28ab 11.85c 12.00bc 12.49a 0.080 0.006
Shell strength (kg/cm2) 3.63b 3.82a 3.74ab 3.58b 0.035 0.047
Shell thickness (mm) 0.381 0.384 0.380 0.383 0.001 0.474
Haugh unit2 88.45a 83.67c 86.65ab 85.37bc 0.533 0.001
Yolk color3 5.54 5.45 5.32 5.36 0.042 0.273
SEM, Standard error of means.
Shell color represents colors of egg from 1 (ivory color) to 15 (dark brown).
Haugh unit is indicator representing freshness of egg that higher score means fresher.
Yolk color score 1 (light yellow) to 15 (deep red) by color fan indicate increasing reddish yellow color by higher number.
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).