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. 2023 May 4;14:72. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00867-8

Table 3.

Effects of tannic acid on the growth performance of broilers with NE

NC PC PTA1 PTA2 PTA3 PTA4 P-value1 Linear2 Quadratic2
Bod Weight, g
 d 19 745.1 ± 6.0c 759.8 ± 7.5c 794.3 ± 6.4ab 801.2 ± 6.2ab 815.1 ± 11.3a 791.1 ± 5.6b < 0.001 0.002 0.001
 d 28 1,486.6 ± 12.4a 1,396.2 ± 8.8c 1,423.4 ± 7.9bc 1,430.7 ± 15.0bc 1,460.1 ± 19.5ab 1,414.8 ± 15.2c 0.001 0.105 0.025
 d 35 2,011.7 ± 29.7 1,970.3 ± 12.0 2,010.5 ± 25.0 2,036.2 ± 24.2 2,050.3 ± 13.8 2,043.1 ± 16.0 0.111 0.004 0.145
F/G
 d 1–19 1.330 ± 0.013a 1.340 ± 0.016a 1.310 ± 0.008ab 1.270 ± 0.024b 1.280 ± 0.018b 1.300 ± 0.016ab 0.013 0.055 0.012
 d 1–28 1.390 ± 0.004c 1.440 ± 0.008a 1.410 ± 0.007bc 1.420 ± 0.005ab 1.410 ± 0.012bc 1.430 ± 0.005a  < 0.001 0.612 0.009
 d 1–35 1.530 ± 0.011b 1.570 ± 0.002a 1.540 ± 0.010ab 1.530 ± 0.010b 1.530 ± 0.010b 1.540 ± 0.004ab 0.022 0.017 0.007
mortality, % 1.90 ± 1.23 4.76 ± 1.90 1.90 ± 1.23 0.95 ± 0.95 2.86 ± 1.98 1.90 ± 1.23 0.768 - -

n = 7. Data are the mean ± SEM. NC no tannic acid treatment or NE infection, PC NE infection + 0 mg/kg tannic acid, PTA1 NE infection + 250 mg/kg tannic acid, PTA2 NE infection + 500 mg/kg tannic acid, PTA3 NE infection + 750 mg/kg tannic acid, PTA4 NE infection + 1,000 mg/kg tannic acid

1Body weight and F/G P values obtained from ANOVA; the P-value of mortality was obtained by chi-square test; 2P-values obtained using contrast trend analysis. acDifferent lower case letters in the same column indicate significant differences (P < 0.05)