Table 2.
Effect of coating the blend of OAs and MCFAs supplementation on growth performance in broilers.
| Items | CON | TRT1 | TRT2 | TRT3 | TRT4 | SEM | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linear | Quadratic | ||||||||
| d 1-7 | |||||||||
| BWG, g | 107 | 111 | 111 | 121 | 119 | 1.162 | <.0001 | 0.6812 | |
| FI, g | 152 | 136 | 147 | 135 | 134 | 3.501 | 0.002 | 0.571 | |
| FCR | 1.423 | 1.235 | 1.318 | 1.114 | 1.123 | 0.034 | <.0001 | 0.405 | |
| d 7-21 | |||||||||
| BWG, g | 643 | 645 | 654 | 650 | 680 | 13 | 0.058 | 0.404 | |
| FI, g | 965 | 969 | 968 | 979 | 974 | 62 | 0.168 | 0.662 | |
| FCR | 1.504 | 1.511 | 1.481 | 1.513 | 1.436 | 0.028 | 0.145 | 0.325 | |
| d 21-49 | |||||||||
| BWG, g | 2504 | 2527 | 2542 | 2643 | 2658 | 47 | 0.007 | 0.695 | |
| FI, g | 5018 | 5037 | 5020 | 5045 | 5044 | 44 | 0.676 | 0.981 | |
| FCR | 2.008 | 1.999 | 1.977 | 1.913 | 1.900 | 0.027 | 0.001 | 0.643 | |
| Overall | |||||||||
| BWG, g | 3253 | 3282 | 3307 | 3414 | 3457 | 43 | 0.0003 | 0.497 | |
| FI, g | 6135 | 6142 | 6134 | 6159 | 6152 | 46 | 0.739 | 0.975 | |
| FCR | 1.887 | 1.874 | 1.855 | 1.806 | 1.781 | 0.017 | <.0001 | 0.405 | |
Abbreviation: CON: Basal diet, TRT1: CON + coated organic acid 0.025%, TRT2: CON + coated organic acid 0.050%, TRT3: CON + coated organic acid 0.075%, TRT4: CON + coated organic acid 0.100%, SEM: standard error of means, BWG: body weight gain, FI: feed intake, FCR: feed conversion ratio.