Table 2. Weight gain (WG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate (SGR), lipid efficiency ratio (LER) and protein efficiency ratio (PER) data (mean ± standard deviation) for the experimental feeding period.

All calculations were performed as described above.

	Control	β-glucan	β-glucan + OA	CF	YCW
WG	116.8 (±3.2)	120.4 (±7.1)	119.1 (±3.3)	119.2 (±3.6)	114.9 (±8.6)
FCR	0.68 (±0.04)	0.66 (±0.03)	0.60 (±0.01)*	0.63 (±0.02)	0.64 (±0.07)
SGR (%)	2.11 (±0.03)	2.16 (±0.11)	2.14 (±0.05)	2.14 (±0.07)	2.08 (±0.12)
LER	6.57 (±0.37)	6.91 (±0.29)	7.46 (±0.16)*	7.04 (±0.22)	7.18 (±0.84)
PER	3.10 (±0.17)	3.23 (±0.13)	3.41 (±0.07)	3.26 (±0.10)	3.30 (±0.39)

Notes.

^*Asterisks denote significant difference from control group values (P < 0.05).