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Table 3.

Effects of star anise, essential oil, and leavings on growth performance of broilers.¹

Items	Control	Star anise	Essential oil	Leavings	SEM	P-value
Final body weight, g	2,451.4^c	2,505.9^a,b	2,541.3^a	2,455.2^b,c	17.528	0.004
Average daily gain, g/d	57.5^b	58.7^a,b	59.6^a	57.5^b	0.543	0.032
Average daily feed intake, g/d	102.2^b	104.7^a,b	106.2^a	101.9^b	0.966	0.014
Feed:gain, g:g	1.779	1.783	1.782	1.771	0.021	0.974

^a-cMeans within a row with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Data are means for 8 replicates per treatment.