Table 4. Effects of replacing soybean meal with perilla seed meal on growth performance of ROSS 308 broilers.
Item | CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | SE | p-value |
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Body weight (g) | ||||||
Initial BW | 44.60 | 45.00 | 44.60 | 45.00 | 0.02 | - |
2 wks | 194.33b | 190.67b | 203.67a | 200.00a | 2.21 | 0.031 |
5 wks | 1,208.67b | 1,205.67b | 1,258.00a | 1,256.00a | 13.51 | 0.028 |
Week 0–2 | ||||||
Weight gain (g) | 149.73c | 145.67c | 159.07a | 155.00b | 4.35 | 0.036 |
Feed intake (g) | 258.20 | 259.67 | 258.33 | 258.33 | 1.41 | 0.854 |
Feed conversion ratio (g/g) | 1.72b | 1.78a | 1.62c | 1.67c | 0.07 | 0.037 |
Week 2–5 | ||||||
Weight gain (g) | 1,014.33b | 1,015.00b | 1,054.33a | 1,060.22a | 8.43 | 0.043 |
Feed intake (g) | 1,717.33c | 1,777.00a | 1,735.33b | 1,829.33a | 10.24 | 0.041 |
Feed conversion ratio (g/g) | 1.69b | 1.74a | 1.65b | 1.73a | 0.04 | 0.048 |
Week 0–5 | ||||||
Weight gain (g) | 1,164.07b | 1,160.67b | 1,213.40a | 1,215.22a | 14.87 | 0.025 |
Feed intake (g) | 1,975.53c | 2,036.67b | 1,893.67d | 2,087.67a | 23.41 | 0.033 |
Feed conversion ratio (g/g) | 1.72a | 1.76a | 1.67b | 1.73a | 0.04 | 0.018 |
Means in tde same row witd different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
CON, basal diet; T1, replacing 0.5% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; T2, replacing 1% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; T3, replacing 2% soybean meal witd perilla seed meal; SE, standard error.