. 2019 Jul 1;33(4):579–587. doi: 10.5713/ajas.19.0220

Table 4.

Effects of dietary treatments on feed conversion ratio (FCR, g/g) of chicks at different ages

Items	Inclusion levels (g/kg)	0 to 10 d	0 to 24 d	0 to 35 d
Control	0.0	1.18^a	1.29^a	1.47^a
Whole yeast	0.5	1.14^a	1.29^a	1.40^a
	1.0	1.11^a	1.23^b	1.36^b
	1.5	1.08^b	1.24^b	1.31^b
	2.0	1.06^b	1.21^b	1.30^b
Yeast cell wall	0.5	1.12^a	1.29^a	1.40^a
	1.0	1.06^b	1.24^b	1.37^b
	1.5	1.04^b	1.22^b	1.32^b
	2.0	1.02^b	1.21^b	1.29^b
SEM		0.01	0.01	0.01
p-value		0.02	0.01	0.01
Probability levels of orthogonal contrasts
Control vs yeast		0.006	0.01	0.001
Control vs whole yeast		0.03	0.01	0.01
Control vs yeast cell wall		0.002	0.01	0.001
Whole yeast vs yeast cell wall		0.12	0.99	0.99

Values are means of 6 replicates.

SEM, standard error of the mean.

^a,b

Means in a column not sharing a common superscript differ (p<0.05).