. 2017 Oct 20;12(10):e0185480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185480

Table 3. The influence of feeding regimens and diet combinations on growth performance and mortality rate in broiler chickens from 10–31 days post-hatch.

Diet combination		Feeding regimen	FI	WG	FCR	Mortality rate
			(g/bird)	(g/bird)	(g/g)	(%)
1	Spl, sPl, spL	Sequential	2501	1692	1.480^c ^d	0.00^b
2	Spl, spl, sPl	Sequential	2626	1871	1.404^d ^e	2.78^b
3	sPl, spl, spL	Sequential	2522	1880	1.342^e	0.00^b
4	Spl, spl, spL	Sequential	2413	1411	1.710^b	0.00^b
5	Pe, sPl, PE	Sequential	2433	1836	1.327^e	0.00^b
1	Spl, sPl, spL	Choice	2485	1649	1.515^c	0.00^b
2	Spl, spl, sPl	Choice	2596	1879	1.394^d ^e	2.78^b
3	sPl, spl, spL	Choice	2566	1780	1.443^c ^d	2.78^b
4	Spl, spl, spL	Choice	2522	1333	1.898^a	0.00^b
5	Pe, sPl, PE	Choice	2331	1915	1.217^f	11.11^a
	SEM		43.29	42.69	0.0331	1.884
	Main effects:Feeding regimen
	Sequential		2499	1738	1.453	0.56
	Choice		2500	1711	1.493	3.33
	Diets
1	Spl, sPl, spL		2493^b	1670^b	1.497	0.00
2	Spl, spl, sPl		2611^a	1875^a	1.399	2.78
3	sPl, spl, spL		2544^a ^b	1830^a	1.392	1.39
4	Spl, spl, spL		2467^b ^c	1372^c	1.804	0.00
5	Pe, sPl, PE		2382^c	1876^a	1.272	5.56
	P-Value
	Diets		0.982	0.325	0.058	0.024
	Feeding regimen		<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.025
	Interaction		0.164	0.241	<0.001	0.019

^abcdefMeans within a column not sharing common superscripts are significantly different