Table 7.

Effect of amino acids-mineral complexed on the body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and uniformity (UNI) of layer chicks at 35 D, reared under cold stress conditions.

Treatments	BW (g)	ADG (g)	ADFI1 (g)	FCR (g:g)	UNI (%)
7 D
IM2	59.90	3.98	7.45	1.87	57.30
AACM3	61.00	4.13	7.58	1.84	58.80
P-value	0.086	0.101	0.235	0.277	0.642
SEM	0.301	0.295	0.057	0.011	1.648
14 D
IM	110.95	6.85	13.93	2.03	72.78
AACM	110.37	6.80	13.88	2.04	72.22
P-value	0.424	0.526	0.787	0.598	0.913
SEM	0.364	0.260	0.086	0.012	2.323
21 D
IM	182.52	10.22	21.32	2.09	72.10
AACM	179.95	9.94	20.79	2.10	71.65
P-value	0.125	0.157	0.121	0.797	0.888
SEM	0.842	0.687	0.171	0.011	1.590
28 D
IM	245.45	8.99	25.36	2.83	66.11
AACM	245.42	9.32	25.54	2.75	60.01
P-value	0.981	0.066	0.405	0.101	0.318
SEM	1.026	0.618	0.102	0.021	3.463
35 D
IM	293.45	6.79b	29.85	3.81a	62.99
AACM	298.52	7.52a	30.03	3.49b	63.65
P-value	0.177	0.041	0.765	0.036	0.808
SEM	1.841	1.265	0.308	0.077	1.302
Total period (1–35 D)
IM	293.45	261.56	656. 46	2.51a	62.99
AACM	298.52	266.35	653.94	2.46b	63.65
P-value	0.171	0.197	0.686	0.035	0.801
SEM	1.845	1.829	0.902	0.025	1.301

^a,bMeans lacking a common superscript letter differ, P < 0.05.

¹Feed intake, g/D.

²IM: inorganic mineral.

³AACM: amino acids-mineral complexed.