Table 2.

Effect of dietary MG on growth performance in broilers.

Items	CON	MG300	MG450	MG600	SEM	P-value
1–28 d of age
ADFI (g)	56.233	56.912	55.825	57.944	0.314	0.076
ADG (g)	28.844	28.585	28.030	29.217	0.194	0.166
BW (g)	846.042	842.758	824.640	845.256	3.750	0.128
FCR	1.855	1.870	1.893	1.851	0.010	0.504
29–56 d of age
ADFI (g)	136.866b	147.515a	143.846a,b	145.187a,b	1.325	0.027
ADG (g)	51.197b	55.524a	55.069a,b	54.620a,b	0.589	0.036
BW (g)	2,279.372b	2,397.501a	2,366.572a	2,374.625a	13.571	0.007
FCR	2.454	2.392	2.381	2.427	0.014	0.242

Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05, n = 6).

Abbreviations: CON, basal diet; FCR, feed conversion rate; MG, α-monoglyceride; MG300, basal diet +300 mg/kg MG; MG450, basal diet +450 mg/kg MG; MG600, basal diet +600 mg/kg MG.