. 2020 Jun 5;18(6):e06141. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6141

Table 1.

Effects of OptiPhos^® PLUS on the performance and the utilisation of total P/digestibility phytate P in chickens for fattening

Tria	Groups (FTU/kg feed)	Average daily feed intake (g)	Final body weight (g)	Feed to gain ratio	Mortality and culling (n.)	Tibia content in % DM		Utilisation of P (%)	Digestibility of Phytate P (%)
Tria	Groups (FTU/kg feed)	Average daily feed intake (g)	Final body weight (g)	Feed to gain ratio	Mortality and culling (n.)	Ash	P	Utilisation of P (%)	Digestibility of Phytate P (%)
1	Negative control	92b	1,830b	1.78b	7	37.39	6.14c	43.31b	65.76b
	250	103a	2,063a	1.68b	1	39.63	6.90b	49.61a	80.35a
	500	106a	2,192a	1.61b	2	41.47	7.32ab	52.82a	84.58a
	Positive control	108a	2,185a	1.65a	4	41.61	7.78a	36.59c	47.76c
2	Negative control	114b	2,121b	1.58c	4	40.9c		47.1b
	250	120a	2,346a	1.51b	1	45.0b		53.1a
	500	122a	2,385a	1.51b	3	47.1a		51.5ab
	Positive control	119a	2,350a	1.48a	4	47.4a		48.9ab
3	Negative control	90.2c	2,004c	1.50a	6	41.6c	17.3c	49.9a	69.7c
	250	102.6b	2,293b	1.48ab	8	45.5b	17.5bc	52.8a	85.9b
	500	104.9ab	2,323ab	1.47ab	4	46.5b	17.7ab	51.8a	95a
	Positive control	108.8a	2,425a	1.46b	3	49.4a	17.9a	38.7b	56.6^d

a,b,c Within a trial mean values within a column with a different superscript are significantly different p ≤ 0.05.