Table 2.
Effect of yeast-cell-wall (YCW) diet on growth in chickens during the first 7-weeks of age under coccidial infection
| Weight gain (g) | Feed consumption (g) | Feed conversion | |
| Diet | |||
| Control | 3060 ± 20.98b | 5883 ± 58.67 | 1.92 ± 0.02a |
| YCW | 3135 ± 38.21a | 5854 ± 44.39 | 1.85 ± 0.04b |
| Anticoccidial program | |||
| Coccidiostat | 3125 ± 39.42 | 5902 ± 51.41 | 1.87 ± 0.02 |
| Vaccine | 3069 ± 43.40 | 5835 ± 60.85 | 1.90 ± 0.03 |
| Variation source | Probability | ||
| Diet | 0.045 | 0.227 | 0.021 |
| Anticoccidial program | 0.125 | 0.614 | 0.656 |
| Sample size per group | 210 | 210 | 210 |
For details see legend in Table 1. Values in the same column with different superscripts (within factors) are statistically significant. Mean + SEM. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.