. 2023 Mar 31;10(1):42–50. doi: 10.5455/javar.2023.j650

Table 6. Productivity of broiler chickens fed with synbiotic nutmeg flesh extract and L. plantarum.

Items	Treatment					SEM	p-value
Items	T0	T1	T2	T3	T4	SEM	A	L	Q
Initial body weight (gm)	209.67	208.33	209.32	210.31	210.16	1.58	0.43	0.29	0.21
Final body weight (gm)	1,659.63^a	1,798.10^b	1,814.72^b	1,856.36^bc	1,878.62^c	77.56	<0.01	0.02	0.11
Weight gain (gm)	1,449.96^a	1,589.77^b	1,605.40^b	1,646.05^bc	1,668.46^c	72.45	<0.01	0.03	0.12
Feed consumption (gm)	2,377.63^c	2,458.54^b	2,495.81^a	2,497.89^a	2,498.42^a	30.36	<0.01	0.06	0.21
Conversion ration	1.64^c	1.55^b	1.55^b	1.52^ab	1.50^a	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.10

A = Analysis of variance; L = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for linear effects, Q = Orthogonal polynomial contrasts test for quadratic effects, SEM = Standard error of the means. ^a,b,cMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).