Table 3.
Item | The Supplemented Dosage of Eutectic, mg/kg | SEM | p-Value | |||||
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0 | 30 | 60 | 120 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Body weight (BW), g | ||||||||
1 d | 43.05 | 43.15 | 43.08 | 42.98 | 0.09 | 0.327 | 0.321 | 0.197 |
21 d | 914.5 | 933.3 | 935.7 | 927.4 | 15.86 | 0.552 | 0.415 | 0.345 |
42 d | 2704b | 2866 a | 2809 a | 2856 a | 49.56 | 0.011 | 0.026 | 0.027 |
Average daily gain (ADG), g | ||||||||
1–21 d | 41.50 | 42.39 | 42.50 | 42.11 | 0.76 | 0.554 | 0.412 | 0.348 |
22–42 d | 85.27 b | 92.13 a | 89.25 b | 91.93 a | 1.95 | 0.005 | 0.018 | 0.025 |
1–42 d | 63.37 b | 67.23 a | 65.86 a | 66.98 a | 1.18 | 0.011 | 0.026 | 0.027 |
Average daily feed intake (ADFI), g | ||||||||
1–21 d | 67.55 | 67.05 | 68.05 | 67.22 | 1.53 | 0.917 | 0.997 | 0.988 |
22–42 d | 157.5 | 166.4 | 162.5 | 163.1 | 3.53 | 0.114 | 0.280 | 0.159 |
1–42 d | 116.5 | 120.7 | 119.4 | 119.2 | 2.20 | 0.309 | 0.354 | 0.252 |
Feed to gain ratio (F: G), g/g | ||||||||
1–21 d | 1.63 | 1.58 | 1.60 | 1.60 | 0.03 | 0.447 | 0.420 | 0.432 |
22–42 d | 1.85 | 1.81 | 1.82 | 1.78 | 0.03 | 0.052 | 0.017 | 0.060 |
1–42 d | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.75 | 0.02 | 0.054 | 0.025 | 0.078 |
a, b Values within a column with no common superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05). 1 Values are the means of 8 replicates of 20 chickens each.