Table 6.
Summary of feed efficiency.
| Group (mg/kg bw/d) | Feed efficiency (g bw/g food) | Sum | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days | 0–7 | 7–14 | 14–21 | 21–28 | 28–35 | 35–42 | 42–49 | 49–56 | 56–63 | 63–70 | 70–77 | 77–84 | 84–89 | 0–89 | |
| Weeks | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1–13 | |
| Males | |||||||||||||||
| Control | Mean | 0.26 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 |
| SD | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| 180 | Mean | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| SD | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| SS | ∗ | ||||||||||||||
| 300 | Mean | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| SD | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.01 | |
| SS | ∗ | ∗ | |||||||||||||
| 375 | Mean | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| SD | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| SS | ∗∗ | ∗ | ∗∗ | ||||||||||||
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| Females | |||||||||||||||
| Control | Mean | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| SD | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| 180 | Mean | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| SD | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |
| SS | |||||||||||||||
| 300 | Mean | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| SD | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | |
| SS | ∗∗ | ∗ | |||||||||||||
| 375 | Mean | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| SD | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | |
| SS | ∗∗ | ∗ | |||||||||||||
±%, percent deviation versus control; mg/kg bw/d, milligrams per kilogram body weight per day; g bw/g food, grams body weight per grams of food; SD, standard deviation; g, grams; SS, statistical significance; n, number of animals.
∗ p < 0.05; ∗∗ p < 0.01.