Table 2.

Performance of broiler chickens fed a control diet (CTR) or the same diet supplemented with Muramidase 007 (MUR) during the starter and grower periods.

	Treatments1
Variables	CTR2	MUR3	SEM	P-value
BW (g)
0 d	42	42	0.1	0.438
9 d	259	259	2.7	1.000
21 d	1005	1030	11.1	0.134
36 d	2787	2844	27.9	0.172
ADG (g/d)
0 to 21 d	45.7	47.1	0.61	0.137
21 to 36 d	118.8	119.4	1.60	0.820
0 to 36 d	76.2	77.1	0.75	0.415
ADFI (g/d)
0 to 21 d	63.9	62.1	1.09	0.277
21 to 36 d	172.0	165.3	3.22	0.162
0 to 36 d	108.9	105.1	1.34	0.063
FCR4 (g feed:g BW gain)
0 to 21 d	1.40	1.32	0.04	0.128
21 to 36 d	1.45	1.39	0.03	0.207
0 to 36 d	1.43	1.36	0.02	0.045

¹Data are means for 8 replicate pens with 30 birds from days 0 to 9 and 9 birds from days 9 to 36.

²CTR: Control diet.

³MUR: Muramidase supplemented at 35,000 LSU (F)/kg.

⁴Feed Conversion Ratio.