. 2020 Sep 3;99(11):5936–5945. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.046

Table 2.

Body weight (BW), feed intake (FI), body weight gain (BWG), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) from 12 to 20 d of age in accordance with the treatments.

Item	Dosage (mg/kg)	Challenge	BW, g	BWG, g	FI, g	FCR
Treatment	Dosage (mg/kg)	Challenge	BW, g	BWG, g	FI, g	FCR
NCC	0	No	784.20	484.05	680.51	1.419
NC + curcumin	100	No	806.56	506.34	673.54	1.331
NC + curcumin	200	No	806.33	505.78	684.54	1.354
CC	0	Yes	658.11	357.14	600.41	1.687
C + curcumin	100	Yes	635.67	335.27	571.76	1.715
C + curcumin	200	Yes	639.37	339.72	577.26	1.703
Main effect	Dosage
	Control		721	421	641	1.55
	Curcumin 100		721	421	623	1.52
	Curcumin 200		723	423	631	1.53
		Challenge
		No	799^a	499^a	680^a	1.37^b
		Yes	644^b	344^b	583^b	1.7^a
Source of variance			P-value	P-value	P-value	P-value
Dosage effect			0.987	0.983	0.245	0.745
Challenge effect			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Dose × challenge			0.150	0.167	0.393	0.363
SEM			13.989	13.996	9.189	0.033

^abMeans in same column followed by different letters differ by Duncan's test (P < 0.05).

Challenged group inoculated with 50,000 oocyst/bird of Eimeria maxima, 50,000 oocyst/bird of E. tenella, and 250,000 oocysts/birds of E. acervulina on day 14 after hatch.

Abbreviations: CC, challenged control; C + curcumin 100, challenged +100 mg/kg curcumin; C + curcumin 200, challenged +200 mg/kg curcumin; NCC, nonchallenged control; NC + curcumin 100, nonchallenged +100 mg/kg curcumin; NC + curcumin 200, nonchallenged +200 mg/kg curcumin.