Table 3.
Items | Onion extract (g/kg) | SEM | p-values | ||||
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0 | 5 | 7.5 | 10 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
Initial BW (g) | 72.6 | 74.6 | 74.3 | 73.8 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.45 |
Overall (1 to 28 d) | |||||||
Gain (g/bird) | 1,636b | 1,694ab | 1,727a | 1,686ab | 12.75 | 0.10 | 0.04 |
FI (g/bird) | 2,375b | 2,457a | 2,478a | 2,363b | 20.28 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
FCR (FI/G) | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.40 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.95 |
Mortality (%) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
SEM, standard error of the mean; BW, body weight; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.
Means in the same row with different superscript differ significantly.