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Table 2. Influence of various levels of dietary supplemental Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (GLP) on growth performance of rabbits subjected to heat stress.

Variable	Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (GLP) level				p-value
Variable	GLP0	GLP100	GLP250	GLP400	p-value
Body weight (BW, gm)
Initial body weight	655.5 ± 4.25	655.00 ± 3.80	660.00 ± 3.83	659.20 ± 3.98	0.764
BW at 4 weeks	1477.00 ± 15.19^b	1487.50 ± 17.88^b	1469.50 ± 18.14^b	1528.50 ± 6.19^a	0.042
BW at 8 weeks	2020.00 ± 16.65^c	2073.00 ± 18.38^b	2111.00 ± 16.83^a	2131.50 ± 11.62^a	0.0001
Body gain (WG, gm)
WG, 4 weeks	821.50 ± 15.37	832.50 ± 17.61	810.00 ± 18.17	869.00 ± 5.86	0.050
WG, 4–8 weeks	543.00 ± 8.03^d	585.50 ± 9.73^c	641.50 ± 15.31^a	603.00 ± 13.42^b	<0.001
WG, 0–8 weeks	1364.50 ± 17.38^b	1418.00 ± 17.03^a	1451.50 ± 16.90^a	1472.00 ± 11.67^a	<0.001
Feed intake (FI, gm)
FI, 4 weeks	2386 ± 41.34^d	2430 ± 47.07^b	2.343 ± 47.89^c	2552 ± 17.75^a	0.005
FI, 4–8 weeks	1697 ± 29.37^d	1809 ± 22.48^c	1900 ± 42.56^b	2012 ± 44.44^a	<0.001
FI, 0–8 weeks	4083 ± 49.44^d	4239 ± 46.41^c	4355 ± 40.75^b	4458 ± 41.79^a	<0.001
Feed conversion ratio (FCR, gm feed /gm gain)
FCR, 4 weeks	2.91 ± 0.01	2.92 ± 0.01	2.89 ± 0.01	2.94 ± 0.02	0.094
FCR, 4–8 weeks	3.13 ± 0.03	3.09 ± 0.03	3.14 ± 0.03	3.15 ± 0.01	0.377
FCR, 0–8 weeks	2.99 ± 0.01	2.99 ± 0.02	3.00 ± 0.01	3.03 ± 0.02	0.246

^{a, b, c, d,} means within a row without a common superscript differ at p < 0.05.

¹ GLP0, GLP100, GLP250, and GLP400 = 0, 100, 250, and 400 mg G. lucidum polysaccharides (GLP)/kg DM diet, respectively.