Table 2.
Sur face color values of egg yolk from laying hen with different feeding

Diets2) Egg yolk
L1) a b ΔE
Control 58.90±4.83a3) 16.60±2.43a 34.88±3.00a 53.56±5.31a
A 41.06±5.23b 25.15±3.62b 26.88±2.89b 66.09±5.45b
B 50.68±5.33c 17.74±2.34a 31.17±3.33c 57.77±4.71ac
C 47.34±4.34c 19.66±2.06a 29.44±3.33bc 60.14±5.43c
L, lightness; a, a plus value indicates redness and a minus value greenness; b, a plus value indicates yellowness and a minus value blueness, and ΔE, total color difference. Standard values of L, a and b were 95.83, -0.13 and -0.12, respectively.
Control : 100% commercial diet for laying hen, A, B and C : mixed diet with 90% commercial feed and 10% Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria religiosa and Hijikia fusiforme, respectively.
Mean values within a same column with different superscript letters were significantly different at p<0.05.