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. 2015 Jan;28(1):79–85. doi: 10.5713/ajas.14.0313

Table 5.

Effect of dietary dried oregano powder (DOP) supplementation on growth performance in meat ducks1

Treatment CON2 ANT2 0.1% DOP2 0.5% DOP2 1% DOP2 SEM p-value
Initial BW (g) 285 287 288 289 290 2.92 0.987
Final BW (g) 2,994 3,084 2,973 3,032 2,964 26.71 0.585
Weight gain (g) 2,715 2,796 2,682 2,746 2,678 26.92 0.597
Feed intake (g) 7,558 7,422 7,200 7,071 6,644 164.0 0.497
Feed conversion ratio 2.79 2.66 2.71 2.59 2.54 0.07 0.881

BW, body weight; SEM, standard error of means.

1

Each mean was calculated 3 pens per treatment (n = 3).

2

CON, basal diet (no antibiotic, no dried oregano powder); ANT, CON+0.1% antibiotic (Patrol) diet; 0.1% DOP, CON+0.1% dried oregano powder; 0.5% DOP, CON+0.5% dried oregano powder; 0.1% DOP, CON+1% dried oregano powder.