Table 3.

Growth performance parameters of growing geese as affected by the interaction among treatments.

	High-CP 1			Moderate-CP			Low-CP			SEM 3	p-Value 4
Parameters	High-M + C 2	Moderate-M + C	Low-M + C	High-M + C	Moderate-M + C	Low-M + C	High-M + C	Moderate-M + C	Low-M + C
Live bodyweight (g)
12wk	3073	3117	3115	3112	3083	3075	3077	3123	3095	8.39	0.858
18 wk	3728	3668	3647	3728	3650	3612	3662	3617	3532	25.85	0.740
24 wk	4157	4123	4030	4092	4060	4050	4061	4032	3998	32.56	0.658
Bodyweight gain (g)/day
12–18 wk	15.59	13.13	12.66	14.68	13.50	12.78	13.92	11.74	10.40	0.91	0.934
18–24 wk	10.20	10.84	9.13	8.65	9.76	10.44	9.48	9.88	11.11	0.73	0.518
12–24 wk	12.89	11.98	10.89	11.67	11.63	11.60	11.70	10.81	10.75	0.58	0.559
Mortality rate (%), 12–24 wk	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-
Feed intake (g)/day
12–18 wk	156.33	151.67	144.33	150.67	149.00	144.33	146.33	143.03	139.00	3.47	0.932
18–24 wk	155.67	154.33	152.70	152.67	150.66	154.00	151.60	152.33	149.30	1.24	0.138
12–24 wk	156.00	153.00	148.50	151.67	149.83	149.17	149.00	147.83	144.33	2.09	0.789
Feed conversion ratio (kg. feed/kg. gain)
12–18 wk	10.13	11.93	11.75	10.35	11.10	12.01	10.92	12.79	13.98	0.99	0.895
18–24 wk	16.03	14.42	16.83	17.76	15.69	15.03	16.42	15.90	13.78	1.53	0.658
12–24 wk	12.19	12.85	13.68	13.02	12.91	12.97	12.81	13.75	13.49	0.67	0.792

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.