Table-3.
Body weight and feed intake of broiler chickens during the Clostridium perfringens challenged experiment.
Groups | Body weight (g) | Feed intake/bird | |||||
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Zero day | 14 days | 21 days | 28 days | 35 days | 21 days | 35 days | |
Group 1 (−ve) | 47.69±0.89 | 375.18±6.03a | 804.1±8.06a | 1357.09±11.54a | 1937.26±19.27a | 1380.66±0.38b | 3303.28±0.32a |
Group 2 (+ve) | 46.68±0.74 | 327.3±7.70b | 724.23±16.87b | 1312.36±12.31bc | 1822.64±18.12b | 1301.91±0.55b | 3148.24±0.31b |
Group 3 (peppermint oil) | 47.43±0.80 | 349.12±8.23ab | 767.27±15.52b | 1321.54±20.75b | 1835.63±33.68b | 1246.48±0.25a | 3114.31±0.04c |
Group 4 microemulsion) | 46.48±0.72 | 363.87±7. 68a | 793.15±17.23ab | 1345.43±13.01a | 1889.96±32.15ab | 1313.42±0.17b | 3219.1±0.09ab |
N.B. The different letters of columns denote significant variations between means (p≤0.05)