Table 3.
Diet | Phase 1 0–13 d |
Phase 2 14–27 d |
Phase 3 28–42 d |
Overall |
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BW (kg) |
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Orange corn | 0.41a | 1.28a | 2.46a | |
Yellow corn | 0.41a | 1.23a | 2.29c | |
White corn | 0.40a | 1.23a | 2.35b | |
Pooled SEM | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |
Wet litter | 0.40 | 1.25 | 2.34 | |
Control litter | 0.41 | 1.25 | 2.39 | |
Pooled SEM |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
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Feed consumption2 |
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Orange corn | 1.30 | 1.75 | 1.54 | 1.53 |
Yellow corn | 1.28 | 1.63 | 1.67 | 1.53 |
White corn | 1.33 | 1.69 | 1.66 | 1.56 |
Pooled SEM | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
Wet litter | 1.29a | 1.63a | 1.70a | 1.54 |
Control litter | 1.31a | 1.76a | 1.54b | 1.54 |
Pooled SEM | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
ANOVA probability |
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BW | Feed consumption | |
Diet | 0.0004 | 0.7331 |
Litter treatment | 0.2574 | 0.9831 |
Phase | <0.0001 | <0.0001 |
Diet x litter | 0.4564 | 0.2574 |
Diet x phase | 0.0044 | 0.2573 |
Litter x phase | 0.3623 | 0.0103 |
Diet x litter x phase | 0.7122 | 0.5791 |
Weights and feed consumption are written as LS means with pooled SEM below each column. a,bMeans in the same column within each classification bearing different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).
Feed consumption represents average feed consumed in kilograms per bird.