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. 2020 Apr 24;99(7):3343–3354. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.04.008

Table 3.

Average initial and final body weight of broilers kept on 2 different flooring systems of 4 different fattening periods (repetitions).

Fattening period Floor type Day n Mean SD 95%-CI
Summer Littered 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Part. perforated N/A N/A N/A N/A
Fall Littered 0 50 41.42 3.59 [40.40];[42.44]
Part. perforated 50 39.66 2.41 [38.97];[40.35]
Winter Littered 0 50 43.82 3.35 [42.87];[44.77]
Part. perforated 50 41.86 3.02 [41.00];[42.72]
Spring Littered 0 50 41.86 2.94 [41.03];[42.69]
Part. perforated 50 42.06 2.83 [41.26];[42.87]
Summer Littered 31 20 2,007.35 253.10 [1,888.90];[2,125.81]
Part. perforated 20 1,904.20 227.72 [1,797.62];[2,010.78]
Fall Littered 32 20 2,058.05 184.23 [1,971.83];[2,144.27]
Part. perforated 20 2,117.60 235.27 [2,007.49];[2,227.71]
Winter Littered 32 20 2,101.55 208.83 [2,003.81];[2,199.29]
Part. Perforated 20 2,134.85 236.70 [2,024.07];[2,245.63]
Spring Littered 32 20 1,930.40 244.26 [1,816.09];[2,044.72]
Part. Perforated 20 1,963.75 241.77 [1,850.60];[2,076.90]

The table contains the number of animals (n), mean values (mean), standard deviations of mean values (SD), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).

N/A, not available, the data were not collected during the summer fattening period.