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. 2019 Oct 22;33(8):1310–1322. doi: 10.5713/ajas.19.0608

Table 9.

Performance of broilers fed diets containing soybean (oil or grain) or chia (oil or seeds) from 29 to 42 days of age

Items Experimental diets SEM p-value

Soybean oil Chia oil Roasted whole soybean Chia seed
FI (kg/broiler) 2.905a 2.636b 2.548b 2.984a 0.016 <0.001
WG (kg/broiler) 1.518a 1.477a 1.399b 1.383b 0.045 <0.001
FCR (kg/kg) 1.91b 1.78a 1.82a 2.14c 0.034 <0.001

SEM, standard error of the mean; FI, feed intake; WG, weight gain; FCR, Feed conversion ratio.

a–c

Means followed by different letters in the row differ from each other (p<0.05) according to the Scott-Knott test.