Table 5.

Least square means of the most relevant parameters from the exploratory study in chickens for fattening fed lasalocid sodium and nicarbazin compared to the control group1

	Control	1x	2x	3x
Lasalocid sodium + nicarbazin (mg/kg feed)
Intended	0	50 + 45	100 + 90	150 + 135
Analysed, starter	< 0.1 + 1.5	46.6 + 43.2	106 + 78.4	165 + 111.5
Analysed, grower	1.6 + 2.0	42.7 + 39.1	105 + 85.9	112 + 138.2
Mortality 2	0	0	0	1 3
Performance parameters
Final body weight (g)	1,008	1,041	1,055*	952*
Adjusted average feed to gain ratio	1.63	1.54	1.54	1.65
Serum Chemistry
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)	29,489	21,094*	17,229*	13,040*
Total Protein (g/dL)	2.6	2.5*	2.4	2.8
Chloride (mmol/L) females	115	115	114	112*
Chloride (mmol/L) males	113	112	117*	114
Pathology (Organ weight)
Heart weight (g)	6.83	6.39	6.47	5.82*

Values with * in the same row are different (p ≤ 0.1) from control values.

¹28 days duration, 4 replicates with 5 birds each per treatment, two birds per replicate for serum values and pathology.

²n out of 20 per treatment group.

³Dehydration due to osteomyelitis of the femur.