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. 2020 Nov 5;16:424. doi: 10.1186/s12917-020-02603-0

Table 4.

Effects of different level of fermented or enzymatically treated dried brewers’ grains on the economic indices

Treatments1 Feed cost2 Total expenses Total revenue Gross margin benefit cost ratio Cost/ kg BW gain
NC 1.61b 2.71b 3.79c 1.07g 0.66e 0.69a
PC 1.70a 2.80a 4.01b 1.21e 0.70d 0.68a
FDBG5% 1.57c 2.67c 4.05b 1.38c 0.87b 0.61bc
FDBG10% 1.52d 2.62d 4.21a 1.58a 1.04a 0.58d
FDBG15% 1.44f 2.53f 3.80c 1.28d 0.89b 0.60c
DBG5%+Enz 1.46e 2.56e 4.06b 1.50b 1.02a 0.56d
DBG10%+Enz 1.42g 2.56e 3.66d 1.14f 0.80c 0.62b
DBG15%+Enz 1.46e 2.52g 3.44e 0.88h 0.60f 0.68a
SEM 2.59 2.59 0.003 0.006 0.006 1.15
P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001

a-hMeans within the same column carrying different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05. 1Treatments include: NC (negative control), PC (positive control), FDBG5% (5% fermented dried brewers grains), FDBG10% (10% fermented dried brewer grain), FDBG15% (15% fermented dried brewers grains), DBG5%+Enz (5%dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes), DBG10%+ Enz (10% dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes), DBG15%+Enz (15% dried brewers grains mixed with enzymes).2Cost/kg diet$ = NC (0.411) , PC (0.415), FDBG5% (0.388), FDBG10% (0.381), FDBG15% (0.370), DBG5%+Enz (0.367), DBG10%+Enz (0.362), DBG15% +Enz (0.359). price/kg meat = $ 1.52. fixed costs = $ 1.1