. 2020 Apr 8;99(6):2916–2925. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.013

Table 4.

Growth performance of broilers at week 3 and week 6 with different dietary treatments.

Parameter	Dietary treatments
Parameter	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	T10
Week 3
Body weight gain, (g)	541.94 ± 531.42^a,b	526.67 ± 38.00^a,b	586.67 ± 30.86^a	512.39 ± 82.22^a,b	541.67 ± 64.93^a,b	525.17 ± 62.10^a,b	531.39 ± 92.37^a,b	495.4 ± 68.55^a,b	463.22 ± 21.86^b	513.89 ± 35.51^a,b
Feed intake, (g)	1,238.89 ± 97.66^a	1,205.56 ± 34.69^a,b	1,127.78 ± 75.15^b	1,155.56 ± 63.10^b	1,255.56 ± 75.15^a	1,200 ± 44.10^a,b	1,155.56 ± 34.69^b	1,094.44 ± 9.62^b	1,172.22 ± 118.24^a,b	1,166.67 ± 16.67^a,b
Feed conversion ratio	2.29 ± 0.11^a,b	2.30 ± 0.23^a,b	1.92 ± 0.15^b	2.29 ± 0.33^a,b	2.33 ± 0.18^a,b	2.31 ± 0.33^a,b	2.22 ± 0.36^a,b	2.24 ± 0.35^a,b	2.53 ± 0.24^a	2.28 ± 0.19^a,b
Week 6
Body weight gain, (g)	2,125.36 ± 21.27^a	2,056.95 ± 127.76^a,b	2,093.00 ± 128.03^a,b	2,008.99 ± 160.06^a,b,c	2,120.07 ± 24.92^a	1,861.37 ± 98.16^c,d	1,942.39 ± 41.89^b,c	1,698.11 ± 110.44^d	1,522.22 ± 70.40^e	1,698.62 ± 16.38^d
Feed intake, (g)	4,612.22 ± 114.23^a	4,455.56 ± 198.34^a,b	4,087.78 ± 197.27^c,d	4,222.22 ± 145.30^b,c	4,440.56 ± 74.65^a,b	4,093.33 ± 112.60^c,d	4,155.56 ± 250.47^b,c	3,781.11 ± 203.32^d	4,025.56 ± 267.51^c,d	3,986.67 ± 88.38^c,d
Feed conversion ratio	2.17 ± 0.08^b,c	2.17 ± 0.07^b,c	1.96 ± 0.11^d	2.11 ± 0.20^c,d	2.09 ± 0.05^c,d	2.20 ± 0.08^b,c	2.14 ± 0.09^b,c,d	2.23 ± 0.10^b,c	2.65 ± 0.17^a	2.35 ± 0.03^b
Growth rate	2,065.92 ± 58.60^a,b	2,024.39 ± 130^a,b,c	2,060.04 ± 90.07^a,b,c	1,894.61 ± 245.68^b,c	2,123.69 ± 29.64^a	1,850.27 ± 119.24^c,d	1,923.68 ± 39.19^a,b,c	1,686.27 ± 108.69^d,e	1,502.73 ± 78.29^e	1,688.88 ± 25.17^d,e

^a-eRow with no common letter differs significantly (P < 0.05).

Data shown are average of 5 groups per treatment with 6 birds per group.