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. 2015 Jun 24;14:61. doi: 10.1186/s12944-015-0058-6

Table 3.

Effect of feed treatments on feed conversion ratio of broiler birds

Treatments Year Feed conversion ratio Means
W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6
T0 2013 2.10 ± 0.05 1.76 ± 0.05 1.86 ± 0.02 1.84 ± 0.02 1.91 ± 0.01 2.18 ± 0.02 1.94 ± 0.03a
2014 2.02 ± 0.04 1.77 ± 0.02 1.87 ± 0.01 1.81 ± 0.03 1.92 ± 0.02 2.19 ± 0.04
T1 2013 2.12 ± 0.04 1.80 ± 0.06 1.77 ± 0.02 1.78 ± 0.04 1.89 ± 0.01 2.07 ± 0.04 1.89 ± 0.03ab
2014 1.89 ± 0.05 1.82 ± 0.03 1.80 ± 0.03 1.78 ± 0.02 1.85 ± 0.05 2.09 ± 0.06
T2 2013 1.90 ± 0.07 1.78 ± 0.07 1.76 ± 0.05 1.73 ± 0.01 1.86 ± 0.01 1.97 ± 0.03 1.84 ± 0.02bc
2014 1.917 ± 0.05 1.77 ± 0.06 1.77 ± 0.05 1.72 ± 0.05 1.87 ± 0.04 1.98 ± 0.01
T3 2013 1.84 ± 0.01 1.783 ± 0.05 1.60 ± 0.02 1.75 ± 0.02 1.78 ± 0.03 1.79 ± 0.04 1.77 ± 0.02 cd
2014 1.89 ± 0.02 1.787 ± 0.03 1.60 ± 0.04 1.73 ± 0.02 1.77 ± 0.04 1.81 ± 0.05
T4 2013 1.85 ± 0.02 1.77 ± 0.04 1.85 ± 0.03 1.69 ± 0.01 1.94 ± 0.02 2.03 ± 0.01 1.87 ± 0.04b
2014 1.96 ± 0.06 1.74 ± 0.02 1.83 ± 0.06 1.44 ± 0.04 2.33 ± 0.09 2.04 ± 0.03
T5 2013 1.87 ± 0.01 1.77 ± 0.06 1.51 ± 0.01 1.76 ± 0.03 1.79 ± 0.03 1.65 ± 0.03 1.73 ± 0.02d
2014 1.85 ± 0.02 1.80 ± 0.03 1.52 ± 0.01 1.79 ± 0.04 1.78 ± 0.01 1.64 ± 0.02
T6 2013 1.85 ± 0.08 1.79 ± 0.06 1.42 ± 0.02 1.80 ± 0.03 1.78 ± 0.01 1.67 ± 0.02 1.72 ± 0.03d
2014 1.91 ± 0.07 1.79 ± 0.05 1.45 ± 0.02 1.78 ± 0.02 1.78 ± 0.01 1.62 ± 0.01
T7 2013 1.91 ± 0.08 1.79 ± 0.03 1.68 ± 0.02 1.75 ± 0.03 1.76 ± 0.01 1.92 ± 0.05 1.80 ± 0.02c
2014 1.84 ± 0.08 1.78 ± 0.03 1.68 ± 0.06 1.73 ± 0.01 1.79 ± 0.02 1.90 ± 0.05
T8 2013 1.88 ± 0.06 1.75 ± 0.02 1.37 ± 0.01 1.83 ± 0.04 1.75 ± 0.01 1.58 ± 0.01 1.70 ± 0.03de
2014 1.93 ± 0.05 1.76 ± 0.04 1.38 ± 0.01 1.81 ± 0.04 1.78 ± 0.04 1.57 ± 0.02
T9 2013 1.88 ± 0.03 1.80 ± 0.05 1.34 ± 0.01 1.81 ± 0.02 1.71 ± 0.01 1.56 ± 0.01 1.68 ± 0.04e
2014 1.94 ± 0.07 1.78 ± 0.08 1.31 ± 0.02 1.82 ± 0.02 1.74 ± 0.04 1.53 ± 0.02
Means 1.92 ± 0.02a 1.78 ± 0.01c 1.62 ± 0.02d 1.76 ± 0.02c 1.84 ± 0.02b 1.84 ± 0.03b

Data are means ± SE. Means sharing similar letters in a column do not differ significantly from one another (p˃0.05)

T0 = control without antioxidants, T1 = 100 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T2 = 100 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T3 = 100 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T4 = 200 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T5 = 200 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T6 = 200 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T7 = 300 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T8 = 300 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T9 = 300 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed