Table 3.

Effects of dietary Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on the performance of broiler chickens.¹

Items	LBP levels (mg/kg of feed)				SEM	P-value
	0	1,000	2,000	4,000		Linear	Quadratic
BW, g
1 D	43.24	43.23	43.25	43.24	1.587	0.879	0.241
21 D	718.52b	739.31a,b	781.13a	722.72b	24.537	0.001	0.006
42 D	2228.41b	2285.52b	2389.71a	2252.33b	68.936	0.002	0.008
ADG, g/bird/D
1 to 21 D	32.16	33.15	35.14	32.36	0.417	0.273	0.164
22 to 42 D	71.90b	73.63a,b	76.60a	72.84a,b	0.629	0.039	0.015
1 to 42 D	52.03b	53.39a,b	55.87a	52.60a,b	0.528	0.101	0.037
ADFI, g/bird/D
1 to 21 D	54.00	53.10	55.30	52.60	0.684	0.201	0.117
22 to 42 D	137.21b	139.43a,b	145.54a	140.00a,b	0.975	0.028	0.016
1 to 42 D	95.61	96.27	100.42	96.30	0.862	0.077	0.059
F:G, g/g
1 to 21 D	1.68a	1.60b,c	1.57c	1.63a,b	0.013	0.014	<0.001
22 to 42 D	1.91	1.89	1.90	1.92	0.022	0.758	0.219
1 to 42 D	1.84	1.80	1.80	1.83	0.015	0.213	0.148

^a,b,c Means within a row with no common superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: F:G, feed-to-gain ratio; LBP, Lycium barbarum polysaccharides.

¹Data are means collected from 8 birds from each treatment (1 bird per replicate).