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Table 2.

Weekly body weight means of chickens fed on rations containing different concentration of probiotic.

Age in week	Body weight of treatment groups (g)
	Probiotic supplementation (g/kg feed)
	Control	1.6 g/kg	1 g/kg	0.8 g/kg
1	141.18 ± 1.68^a	137.92 ± 1.68^a	148.75 ± 1.69^a	142.62 ± 1.70^a
2	308.70 ± 4.39^b	314.16 ± 4.38^b	343.77 ± 4.41^a	312.04 ± 4.44^b
3	574.74 ± 8.23^c	597.75 ± 8.22^b	642.45 ± 8.27^a	613.93 ± 8.33^b
4	911.15 ± 11.69^c	1000.77 ± 11.67^b	1060.9 ± 11.74^a	995.66 ± 11.82^b
5	1258.71 ± 16.21^b	1259.01 ± 16.21^b	1376.9 ± 16.28^a	1357.06 ± 16.40^a
6	1661.31 ± 26.75^c	1776.03 ± 26.71^b	1863.6 ± 26.87^a	1844.0 ± 27.09^a

Means within rows with no common letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).