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Table 2.

Effect of dietary supplement on body weight, daily gain, feed intake and feed efficiency (gain:feed) in broiler chickens

Parameter	Experimental diets				SEM	p value

	Control	GP	PW	VM
BW (g/bird)
Day 0	47.9	48.9	47.7	47.2	0.24	0.081
Day 7	165.1	165.4	165.4	169.4	0.91	0.272
Day 14	355.7	360.7	363.6	366.1	2.22	0.377
Day 21	762.4^b	787.7^a	797.4^a	800.1^a	4.35	0.008
Day 28	1,199.4^b	1,235.1^ab	1,246.3^a	1245.8^a	7.43	0.008
Day 35	1,649.2^b	1,709.2^a	1,727.1^a	1,725.3^a	9.52	0.011
Day 42	2,147.7^b	2,236.8^a	2,258.0^a	2,256.3^a	10.62	0.0005
Daily gain (g/d)
Day 1–21	34.02	35.18	34.90	35.22	0.29	0.419
Day 22–42	45.15^b	47.70^a	48.17 ^a	48.12 ^a	0.36	0.008
Day 1–42	49.99 ^b	52.09 ^a	52.63 ^a	52.59 ^a	0.25	0.0005
Feed intake (g/bird)
Day 1–21	364	372	376.3	378.1	6.97	0.164
Day 22–42	893.67^b	945.73^a	956.73^a	954.96^a	12.67	0.0005
Day 1–42	3,774.0^b	3,953.5^a	3,999.2^a	3,999.2^a	14.06	<0.0001
Gain:feed (g/g)
Day 1–21	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.02	0.910
Day 22–42	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.02	0.944
Day 1–42	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.01	0.891

GP = Garlic powder. PW = Pennywort powder; VM = Virginiamycin. Data presented as means with pooled SEM (n = 6/treatment group).

^a,b

Means within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (p<0.05).