Table 3.

Effect of experimental diets on growth performance of broilers¹

	Starter phase (d 0–10)			Grower phase (d 10–24)			Finisher phase (d 24–42)			Overall performance (d 0–42)
Item	Gain (kg/bird)	FI2 (kg/bird)	F:G3 (kg:kg)	Gain (kg/bird)	FI (kg/bird)	F:G (kg:kg)	Gain (kg/bird)	FI (kg/bird)	F:G (kg:kg)	Gain (kg/bird)	FI (kg/bird)	F:G (kg:kg)
Treatment
1	0.272	0.319	1.175	1.012	1.533	1.518	1.913	3.873	2.035	3.197	5.725	1.79
2	0.267	0.316	1.178	1.087	1.519	1.402	2.073	3.900	1.903	3.427	5.735	1.683
3	0.267	0.309	1.152	1.080	1.507	1.402	2.087	3.885	1.868	3.435	5.701	1.661
4	0.265	0.308	1.16	1.082	1.515	1.404	2.029	3.791	1.902	3.376	5.613	1.675
5	0.264	0.313	1.168	1.085	1.522	1.411	2.039	3.885	1.926	3.389	5.72	1.695
6	0.266	0.314	1.193	1.066	1.51	1.417	2.086	3.784	1.825	3.418	5.609	1.645
SEM	0.001	0.002	0.008	0.006	0.006	0.012	0.021	0.022	0.023	0.022	0.026	0.013
P-value for contrasts4
1 versus 2	0.331	0.689	0.934	0.001	0.507	0.004	0.031	0.687	0.075	0.002	0.902	0.013
1 versus 3	0.362	0.201	0.433	0.003	0.211	0.004	0.019	0.858	0.027	0.002	0.761	0.003
1 versus 4	0.196	0.163	0.602	0.002	0.383	0.004	0.110	0.213	0.074	0.015	0.166	0.008
1 versus 5	0.171	0.463	0.797	0.002	0.598	0.007	0.084	0.856	0.141	0.009	0.953	0.026
1 versus 6	0.236	0.575	0.534	0.015	0.263	0.010	0.020	0.181	0.006	0.003	0.149	0.001

¹All means are average of 8 pens per treatment.

²FI = feed intake.

³F:G = feed-to-gain ratio.

⁴Significance level (P ≤ 0.05).