Table 4.

Effects of functional oils¹ and virginiamycin² on BW, feed intake, and feed conversion of turkey toms at 20 wk (experiment 1).

1–12 wk treatments	Control	13–20 wk treatments				P value
		Functional oils1	Virginiamycin2	Average	SEM	1–12 wk	13–20 wk
BW (kg)
Control	19.55	19.74	20.04	19.78b
Monensin3	19.98	20.45	20.60	20.34a
Functional oils1	20.23	20.42	19.84	20.18a,b
Average	19.93	20.20	20.16	20.10	0.56	0.03	0.38
Feed Intake (kg)
Control	27.73	29.44	29.20	28.79
Monensin3	27.73	28.49	28.11	28.11
Functional oils1	28.54	29.61	26.47	28.20
Average	28.00	29.18	27.93	28.37	1.83	0.55	0.12
Feed conversion ratio at 13–20 wk (g:g)
Control	3.350	3.392	3.446	3.396b
Monensin3	3.664	3.668	4.414	3.915a
Functional oils1	3.252	2.968	2.784	3.001b
Average	3.422	3.343	3.548	3.438	0.613	>0.01	0.66
Feed conversion ratio at 1–20 wk (g:g)
Control	2.617	2.616	2.644	2.626
Monensin3	2.586	2.621	2.747	2.651
Functional oils1	2.718	2.483	2.651	2.617
Average	2.640	2.574	2.681	2.632	0.262	0.93	0.53
Mortality 13–20 wk (%)
Control	23.08	15.38	18.46	18.97
Monensin3	23.08	18.46	23.08	21.54
Functional oils1	23.08	12.09	23.84	19.67
Average	23.08	15.31	21.79	20.06	1.81	0.61	0.30
Mortality 1–20 wk (%)
Control	27.69	23.08	26.15	25.64
Monensin3	27.69	23.08	27.69	26.15
Functional oils1	27.69	18.24	28.59	24.84
Average	27.69	21.46	27.48	25.54	5.12	0.95	0.38

^a,bValues in the same column without a superscript in common differ statistically (P < 0.05).

¹0.15% Essential, Oligo Basics Agroindustrial Ltda., Cascavel, Brazil.

²Antibiotic, 20 ppm Stafac, Phibro Animal Health, Westport, CT.

³Antibiotic, 66 ppm Coban, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN.