Table 1.
Effects of ion drinking water on performance of laying hens under high temperature conditions
Treatments | Egg production (%) | Egg weight (g) | Feed intake (g) | Daily egg mass (g) | Feed conversion |
TW | 88.43b | 61.38b | 101.31b | 54.29b | 1.87 |
CW | 93.71a | 63.96a | 111.47a | 59.93a | 1.85 |
IW | 92.30a | 63.95a | 108.80a | 59.03a | 1.84 |
SEM | 0.70 | 0.36 | 1.39 | 0.7 | 0.02 |
P-value | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.86 |
Value with the different letters in the column are significantly different at 5% level.
TW, tap water; CW, cold water; IW, ion water.