Table 3.

Effect of experimental diets on Eimeria spp. challenged broiler chickens growth performance from 0 to 28 d of age.¹

Item	NCU	NCC	OE500 C	OE1500 C	PCC	SEM 2	P-values3
							NCU vs. NCC	OE linear	OE nonlinear
BW (g/bird)
0 d	38.8	38.4	38.4	38.4	38.7	0.15	0.075	0.76	0.98
7 d	145	126	130	128	128	4.10	0.003	0.87	0.53
14 d	405	327	355	345	347	14.5	<0.001	0.52	0.22
20 d	779	646	683	685	663	23.6	<0.001	0.32	0.41
28 d	1,435	1,301	1,327	1,311	1,242	36.9	0.016	0.93	0.62
FI (g/bird)
0–7 d	126	114	114	116	117	3.42	0.027	0.63	0.72
7–14 d	313	268	297	277	275	11.7	0.011	0.86	0.082
14–20 d	503	440	458	461	443	12.5	0.001	0.30	0.48
20–28 d	995	951	972	969	919	26.5	0.25	0.69	0.64
0–14 d	439	383	410	393	393	13.9	0.008	0.79	0.16
0–20 d	942	823	869	855	835	25.0	<0.001	0.50	0.26
0–28 d	1,937	1,774	1,841	1,824	1,754	45.1	0.016	0.54	0.37
BWG (g/bird)
0–7 d	106	87.6	91.3	89.2	89.3	4.09	0.004	0.88	0.53
7–14 d	260	201	225	217	219	11.0	<0.001	0.44	0.17
14–20 d	374	319	328	340	316	11.9	0.003	0.23	0.89
20–28 d	656	655	644	626	580	22.2	0.97	0.37	0.95
0–14 d	366	288	317	306	308	14.5	<0.001	0.52	0.22
0–20 d	741	608	645	647	624	23.6	<0.001	0.32	0.41
0–28 d	1,397	1,263	1,289	1,272	1,203	36.9	0.016	0.93	0.62
FCR (g/g)
0–7 d	1.20	1.34	1.25	1.31	1.34	0.034	0.006	0.80	0.068
7–14 d	1.26	1.36	1.32	1.29	1.27	0.038	0.066	0.18	0.82
14–20 d	1.36	1.41	1.42	1.45	1.43	0.027	0.22	0.29	0.85
20–28 d	1.52	1.46	1.52	1.55	1.60	0.038	0.22	0.10	0.50
0–14 d	1.24	1.35	1.30	1.29	1.29	0.031	0.012	0.21	0.43
0–20 d	1.30	1.38	1.36	1.37	1.36	0.024	0.017	0.79	0.51
0–28 d	1.39	1.41	1.43	1.43	1.46	0.024	0.49	0.53	0.67

Abbreviations: BWG, body weight gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio; FI, feed intake; OE, Olea europaea.

¹NCU, negative control with no additives and no challenge; NCC, OE500 C, OE1500 C, basal diet containing 0, 500, and 1,500 ppm of olive pomace extract and challenged, respectively; PCC, basal diet containing 500 ppm of Clinacox and challenged.

²SEM (n = 10).

³Challenged treatments were not significantly different by Tukey's test.