Table 4. The influence of feeding regimens and diet combinations on the total intakes of each diet in broiler chickens from 10–31 days post-hatch.

Dietary combination	1			2			3			4			5
Feeding regimen	Diet	Intake (g/bird)	Intake (%)	Diet	Intake (g/bird)	Intake (%)	Diet	Intake (g/bird)	Intake (%)	Diet	Intake (g/bird)	Intake (%)	Diet	Intake (g/bird)	Intake (%)
Sequential	Spl	858b	34.3	Spl	939	35.8**	sPl	878b	34.8*	Spl	802bc	33.2	sPl	880b	36.2***
	sPl	868b	34.7	spl	922	35.1*	spl	909b	36.0**	spL	864b	35.8***	Pe	829b	34.0
	spL	775b	31.0**	sPl	766	29.2***	spL	735c	29.1***	spl	747cd	31.0***	PE	725c	29.8***
Choice	Spl	673c	26.9***	Spl	865	33.3	sPl	703c	27.4**	Spl	718d	28.4**	sPl	663c	28.3*
	sPl	639c	25.8**	spl	955	36.8*	spl	695c	27.1***	spL	1080a	42.9***	Pe	197d	8.4***
	spL	1173a	47.3***	sPl	775	29.9**	spL	1168a	45.5**	spl	723d	28.7**	PE	1471a	63.2***
SEM		32.7			33			32			26.8			28
Main Effects: Feeding regime
Sequential		834			875			841			804			811
Choice		828			865			855			841			777
Diet	Spl	765		Spl	902a		sPl	791		Spl	760		sPl	771
	sPl	754		spl	938a		spl	802		spL	972		Pe	513
	spL	974		sPl	770b		spL	951		spl	735		PE	1098
P-value
Feeding regimen		0.844			0.706			0.585			0.107			0.145
Diet		<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001
Interaction		<0.0001			0.249			<0.0001			<0.0001			<0.0001

^abcd Means within a column not sharing common superscripts are significantly different

* percentage intake is significantly different from 33.3% (P < 0.05)

** P < 0.01

*** P < 0.001