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. 2021 Feb 16;100(5):101054. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101054

Table 3.

BW and feed consumption1 during a 42-day grow out with female broilers fed 3 different corn sources over 3 phases of diets.

Diet Phase 1
0–13 d
Phase 2
14–27 d
Phase 3
28–42 d
Overall

BW (kg)

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


Feed consumption2
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
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
1

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).

2

Feed consumption represents average feed consumed in kilograms per bird.