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Table 3.

Effect of administration of probiotics (PoultryStar) and coccidiosis vaccine (Immucox I) on performance

Variable	Treatment^a				SEM	P value
Variable	CON	VNC	NPC	VPC	SEM	P value
DOH-day 7
DOH BW, g	37.41^A	37.37^A	38.23^A	37.39^A	0.25	0.6090
Day 7 BW, g	150.85^A	142.37^A	154.17^A	150.50^A	3.31	0.1039
BWG, g	113.44^A	105.00^A	116.33^A	113.1^A	3.28	0.1202
FI, g/bird/day	30.01^A	28.14^A	37.62^A	37.61^A	3.31	0.1111
FCR	1.86^A	1.85^A	2.27^A	2.33^A	0.21	0.2525
Days 7–15
Day 15 BW, g	362.93^AB	341.23^B	379.42^A	379.22^A	7.88	0.0078
BWG, g	212.08^AB	198.87^B	225.25^AB	228.72^A	7.08	0.0289
FI, g/bird/day	46.82^B	59.89^A	48.38^AB	49.03^AB	3.31	0.0425
FCR	1.55^A	2.14^B	1.50^A	1.51^A	0.13	0.0074
Days 15–21
Day 21 BW, g	621.35^AB	583.33^B	709.36^A	610.90^AB	30.23	0.0434
BWG, g	258.41^A	242.10^A	329.94^A	231.68^A	28.10	0.0898
FI, g/bird/day	78.70^A	88.16^A	86.77^A	82.44^A	6.08	0.6864
FCR	1.90^A	2.02^A	1.52^A	3.34^A	0.84	0.4629
Days 21–28
Day 28 BW, g	1292.32^A	1121.92^B	1352.72^A	1394.23^A	38.37	0.0008
BWG, g	670.97^AB	531.92^B	643.36^AB	783.33^A	38.68	0.0032
FI, g/bird/day	296.79^A	292.01^A	357.28^A	351.49^A	28.96	0.2824
FCR	3.07^A	4.14^A	4.10^A	3.13^A	0.52	0.3192
Days 28–35
Day 35 BW, g	1935.92^A	1847.17^A	2025.32^A	2018.63^A	47.01	0.0648
BWG, g	643.61^A	725.25^A	672.61^A	624.40^A	43.82	0.4593
FI, g/bird/day	150.40^A	201.94^A	155.85^A	187.38^A	27.80	0.5428
FCR	1.74^A	2.01^A	1.67^A	2.06^A	0.32	0.7782
Days 35–42
Day 42 BW, g	2799.75^A	2749.44^A	2874.86^A	2835.99^A	56.11	0.4954
BWG, g	863.83^A	902.28^A	849.54^A	817.36^A	47.24	0.6835
FI, g/bird/day	183.59^A	176.74^A	188.32^A	179.27^A	6.29	0.6151
FCR	1.50^A	1.39^A	1.56^A	1.54^A	0.05	0.1237
DOH-day 15
BWG, g	325.52^AB	303.86^B	341.58^A	341.82^A	7.84	0.0079
FI, g/bird/day	38.62^A	41.17^A	43.10^A	43.50^A	2.68	0.5680
FCR	1.84^B	2.44^A	1.93^AB	1.93^AB	0.15	0.0358
Days 15–35
BWG, g	1572.99^A	1497.69^A	1645.91^A	1639.41^A	47.24	0.1589
FI, g/bird/day	164.29^A	183.29^A	189.41^A	192.51^A	11.64	0.3432
FCR	2.11^A	2.08^A	2.32^A	2.76^A	0.35	0.5153
DOH-day 42
BWG, g	2762.33^A	2712.07^A	2837.03^A	2798.59^A	56.22	0.4999
FI, g/bird/day	107.01^A	113.48^A	122.96^A	120.47^A	4.40	0.0775
FCR	1.63^A	1.76^A	1.82^A	1.81^A	0.06	0.1383

^aCON: control, VNC: vaccine administration only, NPC: probiotic administration only, VPC: vaccine and probiotic administration, DOH: day of hatch.

^A–BMeans within rows that do not have a common superscript differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05).