. 2020 Nov 2;6(11):e05361. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05361

Table 2.

Effect of sanguinarine-based phytobiotic supplementation and NE challenge on cumulative feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and production efficiency factor of broilers during different stages of the experiment.

Treatment group	Performance																	Livability %
	d 0–21 (Pre-Infection)				d 21–28 (Necrotic Enteritis)				d 28–35 (Recovery)				d 0–35 (Overall)
	FI, g	BWG, g	FCR, g:g	PEF	FI, g	BWG, g	FCR, g:g	PEF	FI, g	BWG, g	FCR, g:g	PEF	FI, g	BWG, g	FCR, g:g	PEF	Final body weight, kg
CTR	971.7	804.3	1.209	333.79	738.9	540.8^a	1.367^c	362.6^a	858.5	587.8	1.461^b	378.6^a	2569.1	1932.9	1.329^b	415.8^a	1.934	100^a
NE	970.9	795.3	1.221	325.9	669.6	430.9^b	1.556^ab	291.1^b	914.5	546.9	1.674^a	284.4^c	2555.0	1773.0	1.441^a	329.7^b	1.800	93^b
SG	919.4	760.6	1.207	325.9	676.3	455.2^b	1.483^b	302.1^b	853.2	582.2	1.473^b	356.0^ab	2448.9	1798.0	1.361^b	384.4^ab	1.831	100.0^a
SG + NE	933.5	770.0	1.212	286.2	689.9	435.4^b	1.586^a	292.9^b	912.0	573.8	1.596^a	324.9^bc	2535.5	1779.2	1.426^a	334.0^b	1.809	96^ab
SEM±	28.23	19.68	0.014	13.33	31.23	19.24	0.029	11.28	23.7	23.99	0.032	15.95	64.97	44.49	0.014	18.42	0.047	1.369
p-value	0.52	0.46	0.91	0.16	0.57	0.016	0.002	0.007	0.19	0.68	0.0014	0.01	0.60	0.16	0.0008	0.03	0.36	0.005

CTR: Negative Control; NE: Positive Control, NE challenge; SG: Sanguinarine-Based phytobiotic, unchallenged; SG + NE: Sanguinarine-Based phytobiotic and NE challenge.BWG, bodyweight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; PEF, production efficiency factor.

^abcdMeans in the column with different superscripts differ significantly.

NS, not significant.