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Table 4.

The effects of DOL supplementation on broiler growth performance.

Items	NC	LD	MD	HD	SEM	p-value
Initial BW (g)	32.33	32.93	32.99	32.07	0.256	0.053
Final BW (g)	1190.15^b	1257.15^c	1180.82^b	1108.01^a	14.600	<0.001
d 1–21
ADFI (g)	18.33^b	17.16^a	18.00^b	16.63^a	0.149	<0.001
ADG (g)	9.90^ab	10.65^c	10.34^bc	9.66^a	0.142	0.001
F/G	1.85^b	1.61^a	1.74^ab	1.73^ab	0.032	0.001
d 22–42
ADFI (g)	40.10^ab	40.59^b	39.26^ab	38.25^a	0.481	0.015
ADG (g)	16.92^b	16.83^b	16.49^b	15.59^a	0.203	0.001
F/G	2.37	2.41	2.38	2.45	0.026	0.150
d 43–70
ADFI (g)	65.76^bc	66.44^c	64.38^ab	63.64^a	0.418	0.002
ADG (g)	21.43^a	23.26^b	21.07^a	19.69^a	0.391	<0.001
F/G	3.07^ab	2.87^a	3.06^ab	3.24^b	0.052	0.005
d 1–70
ADFI (g)	44.58^b	44.66^b	43.66^ab	42.66^a	0.244	<0.001
ADG (g)	16.78^b	17.74^c	16.64^b	15.59^a	0.211	<0.001
F/G	2.66^b	2.52^a	2.63^ab	2.74^b	0.029	0.001

BW, body weight; ADFI, average daily feed intake; ADG, average daily gain; F/G, feed to gain rate. ^a–cMeans within same row carrying different superscript letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).