. 2016 Oct 24;2(4):288–295. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2016.10.003

Table 6.

Performance and water to feed intake ratio of broilers fed nutritionally adequate (PC) and downspec (NC) wheat based diets supplemented with increasing levels of phytase (0 to 35 d).

Treatments	FI, g	BWG, g	Corrected FCR	WI, g	WI:FI
Diets
NC	3,481	2,460^b	1.388^a	7,580	2.18^a
PC	3,548	2,538^a	1.367^b	7,530	2.12^b
SEM	36.69	26.18	0.005	116.1	0.02
Phytase, FTU/kg
0	3,367	2,364	1.397^a	7,446	2.21^a
500	3,560	2,527	1.383^ab	7,700	2.16^ab
1,000	3,573	2,555	1.365^b	7,543	2.11^b
1,500	3,559	2,549	1.364^b	7,531	2.12^b
SEM	51.89	37.03	0.007	164.2	0.03
Dietary treatments
NC + 0 FTU/kg of phytase	3,061^b	2,125^b	1.440	7,071^b	2.31^a
NC + 500 FTU/kg of phytase	3,625^a	2,555^a	1.419	7,927^a	2.19^b
NC + 1,000 FTU/kg of phytase	3,674^a	2,590^a	1.419	7,736^a	2.11^b
NC + 1,500 FTU/kg of phytase	3,565^a	2,569^a	1.388	7,585^ab	2.13^b
PC + 0 FTU/kg of phytase	3,474^a	2,460^a	1.412	7,400^a	2.13^b
PC + 500 FTU/kg of phytase	3,494^a	2,499^a	1.398	7,472^ab	2.14^b
PC + 1,000 FTU/kg of phytase	3,492^a	2,520^a	1.386	7,351^ab	2.11^b
PC + 1,500 FTU/kg of phytase	3,553^a	2,529^a	1.405	7,477^ab	2.10^b
SEM	73.38	52.36	0.01	232.2	0.04
P-value
Diets	NS	<0.05	<0.01	NS	<0.05
Phytase	<0.05	<0.01	<0.01	NS	<0.05
Diet × phytase	<0.01	<0.01	NS	0.05	0.057

FI = feed intake; BWG = body weight gain; FCR = feed conversion ratio; WI = water intake.

^a,b,c,d Means in the same column with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.01).