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Table 1. Effects of Rhodiola on production performance of broiler chickens at high altitude.

	1–14 d			15–28 d			29–42 d			1–42 d
Treatment¹	BW(d14), g	ADFI, g	FCR	BW(d28), g	ADFI, g	FCR	BW(d42), g	ADFI, g	FCR	Total FI, g	FCR
CTL	172.6 ± 7.5	19.9 ± 0.46^a	2.21 ± 0.08	514.5 ± 12.9^a	49.4 ± 1.2^a	2.03 ± 0.06	1347.3 ± 76.7^a	114.6 ± 7.7^a	1.93 ± 0.06	2574 ± 118^a	1.98 ± 0.03
Low-R	173.0 ± 12.7	19.4 ± 0.44^ab	2.15 ± 0.17	553.2 ± 38.2^a	54.6 ± 4.3^a	2.01 ± 0.04	1368.5 ± 114.2^a	111.4 ± 13.9^ab	1.92 ± 0.06	2595 ± 178^a	1.96 ± 0.05
High-R	160.7 ± 11.6	18.1 ± 0.75^b	2.21 ± 0.14	459.0 ± 53.6^b	44.1 ± 5.9^b	2.08 ± 0.06	1172.3 ± 144.8^b	98.5 ± 13.7^b	1.94 ± 0.03	2249 ± 249^b	2.00 ± 0.04

¹CTL: basal diet; Low-R: CTL + 0.5% R.crenulata; High-R: CTL + 1.5% R.crenulata.

^{a, b} Values with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).

BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; FI, feed intake.