Table 3.
Effect of dry, wet and fermented wet feeds on growth performance and digestibility of broiler chickens at 35 days of age.
Item | Dry Feed | Wet Feed | Fermented Wet Feed | SEM 1 | p-Value |
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Initial body weight ‘g’ | 49.32 | 49.35 | 49.31 | 0.128 | 0.991 |
Final body weight ‘g’ | 1842.6 a | 1765.0 b | 1814.5 a | 9.715 | <0.001 |
Weight gain ‘g·bird·day−1’ | 51.23 a | 49.03 b | 50.43 a | 0.276 | <0.001 |
Feed intake ‘g·bird·day−1’ | 77.93 | 81.60 | 79.38 | 0.646 | 0.055 |
Feed conversion ratio ‘g feed·g gain−1’ | 1.52 b | 1.66 a | 1.57 b | 0.075 | <0.001 |
Crude protein ‘%’ | 64.83 b | 63.83 b | 68.33 a | 0.642 | 0.003 |
Ether extract ‘%’ | 83.83 | 83.67 | 84.33 | 0.431 | 0.825 |
Crude fiber ‘%’ | 22.67 | 23.83 | 23.17 | 0.319 | 0.345 |
Means with different superscripts are significantly different; 1 SEM—standard error of means.