Table 2. Indicative performance of broilers subjected to two leaky gut models with and without probiotic from d 13 to 21 of age1,2.
Feed intake (g/bird) | Body weight gain (g/bird) | FCR (g feed per g gain) | ||
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Main effects | ||||
Leaky gut model | ||||
Control (n = 24) | 599a | 452a | 1.33c | |
Rye-based diet (n = 24) | 526b | 356b | 1.48b | |
DEX (n = 24) | 510b | 156c | 3.34a | |
Probiotic | ||||
No (n = 36) | 543 | 322 | 2.042 | |
Yes (n = 36) | 547 | 321 | 2.056 | |
SEM3 | 5.59 | 4.63 | 0.030 | |
Source of variation | ||||
Model | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | |
Probiotic | 0.77 | 0.84 | 0.81 | |
Model × Probiotic | 0.08 | 0.41 | 0.99 |
1 Means within a column not sharing a superscript (a-c) differ significantly at the P level shown for the main effects.
2 Values in parenthesis represent the number of replicates/bird
3 Pooled standard error of the mean (n = 72)