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Table 2.

Effects of different dietary treatments on growth performance of broilers

Diets	1 to 10 d			11 to 21 d			22 to 42 d			1 to 42 d
Diets	BW (g)	FI (g)	FCR	BW (g)	FI (g)	FCR	BW (g)	FI (g)	FCR	BW (g)	FI (g)	FCR
CON	99	146.85	1.49	514.60^b	766.37^abc	1.48^a	1795.30^c	3656.67^a	2.03^a	2408.67^c	4642.30^a	1.92^a
VM	102.14	147.85	1.45	622.60^a	801.43^a	1.28^bc	1962.40^a	3649.47^a	1.86^b	2687.14^a	4598.76^a	1.71^cd
SS	102.14	144.97	1.42	594.33^a	720.90^bc	1.21^dc	1943.00^ab	3481.17^bc	1.76^b	2639.48^a	4347.04^c	1.64^d
B₁	100.42	146.57	1.46	609.23^a	818.83^a	1.34^bc	1733.37^c	3554.18^abc	2.05^a	2443.03^bc	4519.58^ab	1.85^ab
B₂	105.08	148.29	1.41	585.77^a	815.70^a	1.39^ab	1776.17^c	3440.00^c	1.93^ab	2467.02^bc	4403.99^bc	1.78^bc
S₁	97.85	138.20	1.41	585.87^a	787.97^ab	1.34^bc	1779.30^c	3666.83^a	2.06^a	2465.02^bc	4593.00^a	1.86^ab
S₂	102.57	149.42	1.46	579.87^a	764.37^abc	1.32^bc	1802.14^c	3497.33^bc	1.95^ab	2484.58^bc	4411.13^cb	1.78^bc
B₁+S₁	102.85	147.85	1.44	623.33^a	704.17^c	1.12^d	1841.28^bc	3579.00^ab	1.94^ab	2567.47^ab	4431.02^cb	1.72^cd
SEM	3.441	3.502	0.043	14.924	21.367	0.044	38.946	41.902	0.052	42.989	42.493	0.037
P-value	0.86	0.45	0.89	0.0006	0.0043	0.002	0.0020	0.0023	0.0124	0.0005	0.0001	0.0003

^{a, b} Means within same column with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05), the number of observations n=48 in each group. CON: Control diet, VM: 0.2 g/kg virginiamycin, SS: Synbioti, B₁: 1 and B₂: 2 g/kg barberry powdered seeds, S₁: 1 and S₂: 2 g/kg sumac powdered seeds, and B₁+S₁: Mixture of barberry 1 g/kg + sumac 1 g/kg. BW: Body weight, FI: Feed intake, and FCR: Feed conversation ratio