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Table 2.

Growth performance parameters of growing geese as affected by dietary treatments.

Traits	CP Levels (%) ¹			SEM ³	p-Value ⁴	M + C Levels (%) ²			SEM ³	p-Value ⁴
Traits	High	Moderate	Low	SEM ³	p-Value ⁴	High	Moderate	Low	SEM ³	p-Value ⁴
Live bodyweight (g)
12 wk	3102	3090	3098	21.82	0.943	3087	3108	3095	23.68	0.841
18 wk	3681 ^a	3663 ^a	3603 ^b	14.92	0.004	3706 ^a	3645 ^b	3597 ^c	13.78	<0.001
24 wk	4103 ^a	4067 ^b	4030 ^c	18.62	0.040	4102 ^a	4072 ^b	4026 ^c	16.93	0.030
Bodyweight gain (g)/day
12–18 wk	13.80	13.65	12.02	0.60	0.098	14.73 ^a	12.79b	11.95 ^c	0.57	0.013
18–24 wk	10.05	9.62	10.16	0.54	0.787	9.44	10.16	10.23	0.61	0.585
12–24 wk	11.92	11.63	11.09	0.33	0.230	12.09	11.27	11.08	0.29	0.130
Mortality rate (%), 12–24 wk	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
Feed intake (g)
12–18 wk	150.78 ^a	148.00 ^b	143.01 ^c	2.01	0.041	151.11 ^a	148.00 ^b	142.67 ^c	1.89	0.026
18–24 wk	154.22 ^a	152.44 ^b	151.11 ^b	0.72	0.022	153.30	152.44	151.96	0.68	0.426
12–24 wk	152.50 ^a	150.22 ^b	147.06 ^c	1.20	0.017	152.22 ^a	149.98 ^b	147.33 ^c	0.95	0.033
Feed conversion ratio (kg. feed/kg. gain)
12–18 wk	10.93	10.84	11.89	0.53	0.184	10.26 ^b	11.57 ^a	11.94 ^a	0.37	0.049
18–24 wk	15.34	15.85	14.87	0.79	0.843	16.24	15.00	14.85	0.69	0.470
12–24 wk	12.79	12.92	13.26	0.41	0.699	12.59	13.31	13.30	0.40	0.453

Means in the same row within each classification bearing different letters are significantly (p ≤ 0.05) different.¹ CP levels: experimental diets, high: 16%, moderate: 14.5%, low: 13%, respectively. M + C ² levels: dietary total sulfur amino acids, high: 0.75%, moderate: 0.65%, low: 0.55%, respectively. ³ SEM: standard error mean, ⁴ Overall treatment p-value.