Table 2.
Effect of Lactobacillus plantarum supplementation on the growth performance of layer chicks1.
| Items2 | Control | Saline | LPS | LPS | SEM | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LP | WM | LPM | ||||||
| Body weight, g | ||||||||
| 7 d | 81.75 | 82.08 | 87.25 | 85.83 | 84.83 | 83.83 | 1.14 | 0.73 |
| 14 d | 157.75ab | 153.75ab | 150.75b | 154.42ab | 153.33ab | 159.33a | 0.87 | 0.041 |
| d 7 to 14 | ||||||||
| ADG, g | 10.86 | 10.24 | 9.07 | 9.80 | 9.79 | 10.79 | 0.19 | 0.049 |
| ADFI, g | 23.79a | 22.86ab | 21.62b | 22.76ab | 22.14b | 22.74ab | 0.18 | 0.008 |
| FCR | 2.21 | 2.24 | 2.46 | 2.36 | 2.27 | 2.12 | 0.05 | 0.39 |
1Data are the mean of 7 replicates with 6 birds each.2LPS, Lipopolysaccharide; LP, Lactobacillus plantarum; LPM, Lactobacillus plantarum in microencapsulation; WM, wall material of LPM; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio, feed/gain, g/g.a–cValues within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).