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. 2021 Jan 25;58(1):70–77. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0190145

Table 4. The consumption and cost of feed per bird among the four groups of Gushi chickens during different growth periods.

Age (days)	Item	LME-LCP¹			STD²
Age (days)	Item	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	P-value
1–14	Mean feed intake (g/bird/day)	10.01	9.22	9.52	9.97	0.720
15–28	Mean feed intake (g/bird/day)	17.81	18.39	16.41	17.21	0.556
	Total feed intake (g/bird)	389.49	386.61	362.99	380.49
	Feed prices (rmb/kg)		2.7		3.10
	Cost (rmb/bird)	1.05	1.04	0.98	1.18
29–42	Mean feed intake (g/bird/day)	29.35^a	24.51^bc	23.55^b	26.82^ac	<0.001
43–56	Mean feed intake (g/bird/day)	46.58^a	42.25^b	33.69^c	32.92^c	<0.001
	Total feed intake (g/bird)	1063.12	934.52	801.38	836.41
	Feed prices (rmb/kg)		2.7		3.07
	Cost (rmb/bird)	2.87	2.52	2.16	2.57
57–70	Mean feed intake (g/bird/day)	53.15	50.75	51.93	53.61	0.153
71–84		56.30	56.31	53.55	54.78	0.200
85–98		56.48	57.19	53.63	57.42	0.264
	Total feed intake (g/bird)	2323.15	2299.48	2227.67	2321.22
	Feed prices (rmb/kg)		2.57	2	.95
	Cost (rmb/bird)	5.97	5.91	5.73	6.85
1–98	Total feed intake (g/bird)	3775.76	3620.61	3392.04	3538.12
	Total Cost (rmb/bird)	9.89	9.47	8.87	10.60

^a-d

Means in the same time period with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).

¹

LME-LCP: low metabolizable energy and low crude protein diet.

²

STD: Standard diet.