Table 3.
Items | Control | IgY | Zinc oxide | Fumaric acid | Carbadox | SEM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight gain, g/d | 100.9 | 151.2 | 158.9 | 155.4 | 152.6 | 16.6 |
Feed intake, g/d | 141.0 | 208.1 | 214.7 | 211.6 | 222.4 | 15.3 |
Feed conversion | 1.39 | 1.38 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 0.04 |
Scour score | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | - |
Mortality, % | 40.0 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 6.6 | 13.3 | - |
Villus height, m | 355 | 564 | 488 | 573 | 570 | 20.0 |
Crypt depth, m | 204 | 183 | 190 | 207 | 204 | 10.1 |
Villous height/crypt depth | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.11 |
Owusu-Asiedu et al. [37]