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. 2020 Feb 4;6:510. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00510

Table 2.

Effect of different levels of multienzymes on growth of broiler chicks fed with standard and low-density diets during days 1–38 of age.

Treatment Initial body weight, g Body weight gain (g)/period Production index
1–21 days of age 22–38 days of age 1–38 days of age
EFFECT OF DIET
Standard 45.7 621a 1,406 2,045a 310
Low density 45.8 580b 1,346 1,928b 304
SEM 0.315 9.27 11.3 16.0 5.80
EFFECT OF MULTIENZYMES (%)
0 45.9 563b 1,266b 1,844b 281b
0.1 45.8 622a 1,411a 2,036a 319a
0.2 45.5 616a 1,451a 2,079a 321a
SEM 0.386 27.8 34.0 48.1 7.11
INTERACTION BETWEEN DIET AND MULTIENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION (%)
Standard 0 45.4 614a 1,300 1,937 288
0.1 46.3 628a 1,431 2,071 320
0.2 45.5 621a 1,487 2,126 323
Low density 0 46.5 512b 1,233 1,750 274
0.1 45.4 616a 1,391 2,001 318
0.2 45.6 612a 1,415 2,031 319
SEM 0.546 32.4 39.7 56.2 10.0
P-VALUE
Diet 0.804 0.004 0.139 0.016 0.426
Multienzymes 0.740 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001
Interaction 0.209 0.01 0.935 0.554 0.811
a,b,c

Means within a column with different superscripts are significantly different based on SNK test.

SEM, standard error of the mean.