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Table 3.

Effect of antibiotic supplementation in the diet and AV supplementation via drinking water on performance indices of broiler chicks.

Item	Experimental treatments¹					SEM

	Control	0.5% AV	0.75% AV	1% AV	Antibiotic
BW, g
Day 14	368	378	387	381	384	6.5
Day 28	945^b	1043^a	1072^a	1086^a	1075^a	21.9
Day 42	2190^b	2355^a	2338^a	2417^a	2433^a	46.1
Daily feed intake, g/day
Days 1-14	36.7^ab	35.5^b	36.8^ab	38.3^a	36.7^ab	0.69
Days 15-28	88.9^b	95.8^a	95.8^a	96.1^a	92.6^ab	1.97
Days 29-42	168	179.3	172.4	179.9	174.5	3.99
Days 0-42	98.1^b	103.5^ab	101.8^ab	104.9^a	101.5^ab	1.78
Daily water consumption, g/day
Days 1-14	75.5	77.8	76.7	77.4	79.9	1.57
Days 15-28	187^b	207.4^a	209.4^a	208.6^a	198.8^ab	5.12
Days 29-42	352.9	377	358	385	360.9	12.67
Days 1-42	205.5	221.2	215.1	223.9	213.5	5.6
F:G, g:g
Days 1-14	1.71^a	1.59^c	1.61^bc	1.70^ab	1.61^bc	0.027
Days 15-28	2.18^a	1.99^b	1.96^bc	1.90^bc	1.87^c	0.031
Days 29-42	2.01^a	2.04^a	2.04^a	2.02^a	1.92^b	0.022
Days 1-42	2.01^a	1.97^ab	1.95^b	1.94^b	1.86^c	0.014

^a-c

Means in the same row not sharing a common superscript differ (p<0.05).

Control: Basal broiler diet and normal drinking water; 0.5% AV: 0.5% AV gel in drinking water; 0.75% AV: 0.75% AV gel in drinking water; 1% AV: 1% AV gel in drinking water; Antibiotic: Basal diet+4.5 mg flavophospholipol/kg. AV=Aloe vera; SEM=Standard error of mean