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. 2017 Jan 25;54(1):41–46. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0160070

Table 5. Effect of MLM on performance of geese from 35 days to 70 days of age1.

Item Weight gain
(g/ bird)
Feed intake
(g/ bird)
Feed:gain
(g:g)
Diarrhoea
score
Control 55.93a 215.16b 3.85c 1.0d
4% MLM 47.02b 329.65a 7.00b 2.1c
8% MLM 44.33bc 326.515a 7.37bc 2.1c
12% MLM 41.79bc 332.82a 7.96bc 2.5b
16% MLM 38.69c 358.57a 9.27c 2.9a
Pooled SEM2 1.35 11.9 0.41 0.10
P value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
a–c

Means within a column with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).

1

Values are the means of 6 replicates of 7 birds.

2

SEM, standard error of the mean.