Table 4.
Effects of AAP on the growth performance in ducks.
| Items | CON | 2% AAP | 4%AAP | 6%AAP | 8%AAP | SEM |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | L | Q | |||||||
| ADFI/g | 137.51a | 137.31a | 139.04a | 118.99b | 108.98b | 14.72 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.009 |
| ADG/g | 54.15a | 52.97a | 53.12a | 53.99a | 30.79b | 10.78 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| FW/g | 2321.80a | 2272.31a | 2279.03a | 2315.16a | 1340.94b | 452.69 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| F/G | 2.68b | 2.76b | 2.76b | 2.39b | 3.62a | 0.49 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: CON, Control group; AAP, Artemisia argyi powder; ADFI, Average daily feed intake; ADG, Average daily gain; F/G, Feed to gain; FW, Final weight; SEM, Standard error of the mean.
Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.
T, P value of one-way ANOVA; L, P value of linear analysis; Q, P value of quadratic analysis.