. 2018 Dec 27;5(1):41–48. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2018.12.001

Table 3.

Effects of adding rice bran in a corn-soybean meal diet fed without or with multi-enzyme supplement (MES) on growth performance in broiler chickens.

Rice bran	MES¹	Starter, d 0 to 24²					Finisher, d 25 to 35³
Rice bran	MES¹	IBW	FBW, g	BWG, g	FI, g	FCR⁴	IBW	FBW, g	BWG, g	FI, g	FCR⁴
–	–	40.6	827	787	1,219	1.550	923	1,803	883	1,635	1.861
–	+	40.0	893	853	1,256	1.473	855	1,907	987	1,631	1.642
+	–	40.4	849	808	1,219	1.510	998	1,753	833	1,551	1.862
+	+	40.4	920	879	1,269	1.442	902	1,854	935	1,633	1.747
SEM		0.49	12.8	12.8	23.1	0.02	26.11	17.65	17.64	35.10	0.043
Main effect of rice bran
–		40.3	860	820	1,238	1.511	889^b	1,855^a	935^a	1,633	1.752
+		40.4	884	844	1,244	1.476	950^a	1,804^b	884^b	1,592	1.804
SEM		0.35	9.05	9.02	16.35	0.02	18.46	13.28	13.54	24.29	0.030
Main effect of MES
	–	40.5	838^b	797^b	1,219	1.530	960^b	1,778^b	858^b	1,593	1.861^a
	+	40.2	907^a	866^a	1,263	1.457	879^a	1,881^a	961^a	1,632	1.694^b
SEM		0.35	9.05	9.02	16.35	0.02	18.46	13.90	13.90	25.42	0.031
P-value
Rice bran		0.779	0.073	0.074	0.789	0.257	0.030	0.019	0.019	0.271	0.256
MES		0.551	<0.01	<0.01	0.073	0.059	0.005	<0.01	<0.01	0.332	0.003
Rice bran × MES		0.551	0.849	0.867	0.791	0.818	0.601	0.935	0.935	0.200	0.201

IBW = initial body weight; FBW = final body weight; BWG = body weight gain; FI = feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio.

^{a, b} Within a factor of analyses, means in a column with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.

Multi-enzyme supplement supplied xylanase, β-glucanase, invertase, protease, cellulase, amylase, and mannanase with targeted activity level 2,500, 300, 700, 10,000, 1,200, 24,000, 20 U/kg of feed, respectively.

Birds per cage = 15.

Birds per cage = 7; 8 birds per cage were sacrificed on d 24 for digesta and gastrointestinal weight.

⁴

Corrected for mortality.