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Table 13 Measurement of egg quality parameters by agro ecology. Agro- EWt Esw ST YH YWt YDr YI YC Alwt Alht HU ecology

From: Production system, and egg quality of village chicken reared under traditional management system in Angecha and Damboya districts of Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Midland

37.40 ± 0.5

3.58 ± 0.13

0.34 ± 0.01

15.38 ± 0.036b

16.01 ± 0.27

27.96 ± 0.21

0.55±

0.004

3.23 ± 0.103

19.05 ± 0.27

5.24 ± 0.23a

77.61 ± 0.87

Highland

6.14 ± 0.48

3.48 ± 0.12

0.35 ± 0.01

15.52 ± 0.024a

16.4 ± 0.28

27.96 ± 0.2

0.56±

0.004

3.22 ± 0.101

19.22 ± 0.28

4.73 ± 0.17b

78.23 ± 0.82

Sig

1

0.67

0.99

0.04

0.99

0.866

0.995

0.854

0.993

0.05

0.999

  1. EWt egg weight, Esw egg shell weight, ST shell thickness, YH yolk height, YWt yolk weight, YDr yolk diameter, YI yolk index, YC yolk color, Alwt albumen weight, Alht albumen weight, HU: Haugh unit, ns not significant
  2. * Significant (P< 0.05)
  3. a,bMeans with in a row with different superscripts are significantly different