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. 2020 Mar 12;10(3):478. doi: 10.3390/ani10030478

Table 3.

The effect of dietary DOL supplementation on growth performance in broilers†,‡

Items CON TRT1 TRT2 SEM4 p Value
d 1 to 7
BWG3, g 123b 132a 128a 1.83 0.0051
FI3, g 163 170 165 3.21 0.2588
FCR3 1.327 1.284 1.290 0.02 0.0901
d 8 to 21
BWG, g 574b 595a 612a 7.13 0.0054
FI, g 870b 896ab 918a 12.77 0.0498
FCR 1.517 1.505 1.502 0.01 0.7098
d 22 to 35
BWG, g 996b 1016ab 1022a 8.45 0.0499
FI, g 1690 1686 1674 11.57 0.6695
FCR 1.698a 1.660ab 1.639b 0.02 0.0452
Overall
BWG, g 1692b 1744a 1761a 8.28 <0.0001
FI, g 2723 2752 2758 20.39 0.4539
FCR 1.609a 1.578ab 1.566b 0.01 0.0428

Abbreviations: CON, basal diet; TRT1, basal diet + 0.1% DOL–60, and TRT2, basal diet + 0.1% DOL–97; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio. Standard error of the mean. a,b Means in the same row with different superscripts differ by the Tukey test (p < 0.05).