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. 2023 Jul 7;13(13):2242. doi: 10.3390/ani13132242

Table 3.

Effects of thymol and carvacrol eutectic on growth performance of broilers 1.

Item The Supplemented Dosage of Eutectic, mg/kg SEM p-Value
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.