Table 3.

Effects of wheat bran supplementation on growth performance of broilers.

Item	CON	AGP	WB	SEM	P-value
Day 1 BW, g	46.52	46.43	45.92	0.34	0.42
Day 21 BW, g	607.89b	632.62a,b	637.36a	7.53	0.03
Day 42 BW, g	1,936.84	2,006.48	2,022.20	30.58	0.14
Days 1–21
ADG, g/day	26.66b	28.21a	28.42a	0.42	0.02
ADFI, g/day	36.07	35.63	35.12	0.79	0.70
F:G	1.35a	1.26b	1.23b	0.02	0.01
Days 22–42
ADG, g/day	66.36	69.22	69.86	1.50	0.24
ADFI, g/day	107.05	104.54	106.21	2.46	0.77
F:G	1.61a	1.51b	1.52b	0.02	0.01
Days 1–42
ADG, g/day	46.12	47.80	48.55	0.78	0.11
ADFI, g/day	70.69	69.25	69.80	1.41	0.77
F:G	1.53a	1.45b	1.44b	0.02	0.01

^a,bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: AGP, CON + 75 mg/kg chlortetracycline (antibiotic growth promoter); CON, antibiotic-free control diet: F:G, feed-to-gain ratio; WB, CON + 3% wheat bran.

Values are means, n = 7 per treatment.