Table 6. Cost of production and profit of broilers fed L- Met diets on 33 days.
| Treatments | Pooled SEM | p-values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D0 | D1 | D2 | D3 | |||
| Live weight (gm/bird) | 1,812.50b | 11,864.50b | 1,885.50a | 1,996.50a | 19.700 | 0.038 |
| Survivability (%) | 94.44 | 97.22 | 94.44 | 94.44 | 1.923 | 0.94 |
| Feed cost (Tk/kg live bird) | 60.67a | 58.64b | 57.91b | 56.43c | 0.088 | 0.05 |
| Market price (Tk/kg live weight) | 135.00 | 135.00 | 135.00 | 135.00 | – | – |
| Total production cost (Tk/kg live broiler) | 119.17a | 114.26b | 113.93b | 109.46c | 0.562 | 0.05 |
| Profit (Tk/kg live broiler) | 15.83c | 20.74b | 21.07b | 25.54a | 0.286 | 0.01 |
| Cost: Benefit Ratio | 7.53 | 5.51 | 5.41 | 4.29 | – | – |
Values bearing different superscript in a row differ significantly.