. 2018 May 31;31(12):1930–1938. doi: 10.5713/ajas.18.0148

Table 2.

Effect of dietary treatments on growth performance of quail

Items		Initial weight (g)	Final weight (g)	Total feed intake (g)	Body weight gain (g)	FCR (g feed/g gain)
HA (g/kg diet)
0		35.00	218.50^c	502.84^a	183.50^c	2.74^a
0.75		34.96	219.92^bc	499.50^b	184.96^bc	2.70^b
1.50		35.06	221.13^b	479.30^c	186.06^b	2.58^c
2.25		35.05	232.61^a	458.65^d	197.55^a	2.32^d
BC (g/kg diet)
0		35.01	221.02^b	492.25^a	186.01^b	2.65^a
5		35.03	225.06^a	477.89^b	190.03^a	2.52^b
Interaction
HA	BC
0	0	35.06	217.12^e	506.29^a	182.06^e	2.78^a
	5	34.94	219.88^d	499.38^b	184.94^d	2.70^b
0.75	0	34.89	219.78^d	499.29^b	184.89^d	2.70^b
	5	35.03	220.06^a	499.71^b	185.03^d	2.70^b
1.5	0	35.17	217.34^e	506.58^a	182.17^e	2.78^a
	5	34.95	224.91^c	452.02^d	189.95^c	2.38^c
2.25	0	34.91	229.82^a	456.83^c	194.91^b	2.34^d
	5	35.19	235.40^a	460.46^c	200.18^a	2.30^e
SEM		0.23	0.46	1.05	0.23	0.01
Probabilities
HA		0.582	0.025	0.011	0.030	<0.001
BC		0.845	0.012	0.022	0.021	<0.001
H×BC		0.916	<0.001	<0.001	0.012	<0.001

FCR, feed conversion ratio; HA, humic acid; BC, black cumin; SEM, standard error mean.

^a–e

Means in the same column with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).