Table 2. Effect of dietary supplementation of MYC on growth performance in broilers.
Parameter | CON | TRT1 | TRT2 | SE2 |
P |
|
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Linear | Quadratic | |||||
days 1–7 | ||||||
BWG2, g | 89 | 92 | 91 | 2 | 0.352 | 0.378 |
FI2, g | 105 | 103 | 105 | 1 | 0.705 | 0.247 |
FCR2 | 1.187 | 1.128 | 1.153 | 0.026 | 0.370 | 0.203 |
days 8–21 | ||||||
BWG, g | 654 | 672 | 678 | 9 | 0.077 | 0.600 |
FI, g | 1033 | 1022 | 1025 | 9 | 0.532 | 0.529 |
FCR | 1.584a | 1.522b | 1.513b | 0.017 | 0.017 | 0.286 |
days 22–35 | ||||||
BWG, g | 983 | 1009 | 1035 | 16 | 0.019 | 0.568 |
FI, g | 1778 | 1807 | 1802 | 23 | 0.446 | 0.524 |
FCR | 1.809 | 1.794 | 1.743 | 0.024 | 0.077 | 0.990 |
Overall | ||||||
BWG, g | 1726b | 1774a | 1805a | 17 | 0.002 | 0.372 |
FI, g | 2917 | 2932 | 2932 | 27 | 0.673 | 0.794 |
FCR | 1.690a | 1.655b | 1.625b | 0.012 | 0.002 | 0.472 |
Survival, % | 96.02b | 98.44a | 98.44a | 0.79 | 0.057 | 0.253 |
Abbreviations: CON, basal diet; TRT1, CON + 0.1% MYC; TRT2, CON + 0.2% MYC; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; SE, standard error Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (P<0.05).