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. 2021 Jan 25;58(1):30–39. doi: 10.2141/jpsa.0200010

Table 5. Effect of dietary B. licheniformis-fermented product supplementation on the growth performance of broilers challenged with C. perfringens.

C1 E2 L3 H4 SEM P value
Body weight (g/bird)
1 d 46.335 46.47 46.90 46.60 0.10 0.373
21 d 759.27a 902.67c 825.93b 850.80b 16.46 <0.001
35 d 1682.93a 1870.67c 1735.84ab 1787.03bc 22.44 0.003
Average daily gain (g/d/bird)
1–21 d 33.95a 40.77c 37.10b 38.30b 0.78 <0.001
22–35 d 65.98 69.14 64.99 66.87 0.70 0.258
1–35 d 46.76a 52.12c 48.26ab 49.73bc 0.64 0.003
Average daily feed intake (g/d/bird)
1–21 d 52.38 52.83 49.21 51.24 0.78 0.427
22–35 d 156.19 137.78 144.13 151.87 2.97 0.148
1–35 d 93.90 86.81 87.17 91.49 1.39 0.255
Feed conversion ratio
1–21 d 1.54a 1.30b 1.33b 1.34b 0.03 0.005
22–35 d 2.37 1.99 2.23 2.28 0.06 0.123
1–35 d 2.01a 1.67b 1.81ab 1.84ab 0.04 0.034
1

C=Basal diet plus C. perfringens challenge.

2

E=Basal diet plus C. perfringens challenge and 0.5 g/kg enramycin from 1 to 21 d and 1.2 g/kg enramycin from 22 to 35 d, respectively.

3

L=Basal diet plus C. perfringens challenge and 1 g/kg B. licheniformis-fermented products.

4

H=Basal diet plus C. perfringens challenge and 2 g/kg B. licheniformis-fermented products.

5

Three replicates were performed per group (n=3).

Different letters indicate a statistically significant difference between groups (P<0.05).