. 2016 Jul 25;53(3):192–200. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0150150

Table 4. Main effects of experimental factors on performance.

	Hatchability	Embryo mortality	Weight of DOCs¹	Carcass yield	Abdominal fat
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Biacid™ in b.b² ration
Not applied	70.4^b	15.2^a	41.0^b	66.1^b	2.45
Applied	82.9^a	7.6^b	47.4^a	67.9^a	2.41
SEM	1.09	1.21	0.08	0.13	0.02
NSPs in b.b ration
Without	80.2^a	9.3^b	45.9^a	67.6^a	2.41
High	73.1^b	13.5^a	42.5^b	66.4^b	2.45
SEM	1.09	1.21	0.08	0.13	0.02
In ovo injection
Distilled water	76.5	11.7	44.3	67.1	2.44
Biacid™	76.7	11.1	44.1	67.0	2.42
SEM	1.09	1.21	0.08	0.13	0.01
P values
Biacid™	<0.0001	0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.007
NSPs	<0.0001	0.02	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.008
In ovo injection	0.89	0.71	0.31	0.58	0.28
Biacid™×NSPs	0.76	0.79	0.01	0.39	0.50
Biacid™×In ovo injection	0.74	0.71	0.007	0.18	0.04
NSPs×In ovo injection	0.02	0.07	0.01	0.004	0.78
Biacid™×NSPs×In ovo injection	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.97	0.73

^{a and b}

Different alphabetic words referred as existence of significant difference between treatments (p<0.05)

^1.

DOCs: Day old chicks

^2.

b.b: Broiler breeder