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. 2020 Nov 2;100(2):810–819. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.10.041

Table 2.

Effects of dietary supplementation of RLS of growth performance in broilers.

Items Treatments
SEM P-value
NCO ANT RLS1 RLS2
BW, g
 1 d 35.36 35.28 35.33 35.32 0.13 0.997
 28 d 491.90 517.10 507.95 520.07 8.05 0.631
 56 d 1,501.26b 1,547.25b 1,517.19b 1,598.64a 10.77 0.002
ADG, (g/day)
 1–28 d 16.31 17.21 16.88 17.31 0.29 0.628
 29–56 d 36.05 36.79 36.04 38.52 0.42 0.108
 1–56 d 26.18b 27.00b 26.46b 27.92a 0.19 0.002
ADFI, g
 1–28 d 35.23 35.62 35.79 35.83 0.22 0.212
 29–56 d 91.21 92.34 91.18 96.69 1.05 0.169
 1–56 d 63.09 64.26 63.50 66.45 1.06 0.101
F: G, (g/g)
 1–28 d 2.16a 2.07b 2.12a 2.07b 0.01 0.002
 29–56 d 2.53 2.51 2.53 2.51 0.02 0.980
 1–56 d 2.41 2.38 2.40 2.38 0.01 0.914

a,bMean with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: ANT, basal diet supplemented with 30 mg/kg bacitracin; F:G, feed:gain; NCO, basal diet provided as control; RLS, rhamnolipid; RLS1, basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg RLS; RLS2, basal diet supplemented with 1,000 mg/kg RLS.