Table 2.
Items | % Alfalfa meal in diet
|
SEM1 | p values | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
Final body weight (kg) | 1.493 | 1.525 | 1.533 | 1.529 | 0.02 | 0.1653 |
Mortality (%) | 4.0 | 3.75 | 3.25 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.8381 |
Average daily gain (g) | 10.05 | 10.95 | 11.05 | 10.45 | 0.18 | 0.2164 |
Feed intake (g/bird per d) | 126.0 | 127.1 | 129.8 | 126.5 | 1.90 | 0.1964 |
Feed:gain ratio | 12.54 | 11.60 | 10.77 | 12.10 | 0.97 | 0.2758 |
Standard error of means. Groups did not differ significantly (p>0.05).