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. 2019 Dec 6;99(3):1409–1420. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.10.053

Table 5.

Feed conversion ratio of broiler chickens fed diets containing varying concentrations of lysine from hatch to 8 WOA.

Weeks of age
Sex	Lysine%		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Average
Sex	Starter	Grower	g feed/g body weight gain/week								Average
M	0.85	0.75	1.45^a	2.13^a	1.74^a	1.97^a	1.94^a	2.03^a	2.40	2.20^b	1.98^a
	1.14	1.00	1.39^a	1.47^b	1.51^b	1.20^c	1.84^a	1.37^c	2.26	2.74^a	1.75^b
	1.42	125	1.15^b	1.26^b	1.41^b	1.41^b	1.58^b	1.82^b	2.31	2.19^b	1.63^b
SEM			0.05	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.13	0.12	0.09
F	0.85	0.75	1.42	1.85^a	1.75^a	1.81^a	2.10^a	2.05^b	2.53^b	2.5^ab	2.00^a
	1.14	1.00	1.47	1.48^b	1.42^a	1.56^b	1.84^b	1.51^c	3.40^a	2.30^b	1.87^b
	1.42	1.25	1.40	1.35^b	1.46^b	1.45^b	1.86^ab	2.56^a	2.14^c	2.73^a	1.87^b
SEM			0.06	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.09	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.08

^a–cMeans within sex and column with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: F, female; M, male; WOA, weeks of age.