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. 2020 Jul 20;10(7):1232. doi: 10.3390/ani10071232

Table 5.

Dietary E. faecium supplementation on P and ash content of bone, ash of bone and tibia strength of broilers.

Treatment P of Bone, % Ash of Bone, % Tibia Strength, g
Starter (1–21 days)
Control 8.54 ± 0.55 53.51 ± 0.59 12868 ± 798
E. faecium 8.80 ± 0.16 54.25 ± 0.83 13408 ± 2440
p Value 0.847 0.491 0.840
Grower (22–42 days)
Control 8.34 ± 0.34 b 52.16 ± 0.27 b 23632 ± 1253
E. faecium 10.99 ± 0.40 a 56.32 ± 1.84 a 22896 ± 1712
p Value 0.002 0.035 0.736

a,b Mean values with unlike superscript letters within the same list are significantly different (p < 0.05).