Table 3.

Effect of oat inclusion on growth performance of broilers from day 0 to 21 and day 0 to 35 (feed intake [FI], body weight gain [BWG], and feed conversion ratio [FCR]).

Diet	FI day 0–21	BWG day 0–21	FCR day 0–21	FI day 0–35	BWG day 0–35	FCR day 0–35
Control (no oat)	1,127	850	1.33a,b	3,412	2,278	1.50a,b
30% dehulled oat	1,124	850	1.32a,b	3,453	2,332	1.48a
30% oat with 7% hull	1,153	885	1.31a	3,454	2,314	1.49a,b
30% oat with 17% hull	1,078	745	1.46c	3,384	2,164	1.57b
30% oat with 27% hull	1,173	822	1.44b,c	3,665	2,343	1.56b
SEM	30.4	33.4	0.042	74.3	52.1	0.024
P-value	0.327	0.063	0.033	0.194	0.178	0.041

^a–cMeans within the same column with no common superscript differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05). 1-way ANOVA and Duncan post-hoc test were used to differentiate between means.

Abbreviation: SEM, standard error of the mean.