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. 2021 Jan 22;100(5):101013. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.01.035

Table 2.

Performance of broilers fed diets containing corn dried at 2 temperatures and different enzymatic association.

Treatments Day 1–7
Day 1–21
Day 1-42
BWG (g) FI (g) FCR BWG (g) FI (g) FCR BWG (g) FI (g) FCR
Positive control (PC)1 118.1 142.1 1.201 813.8a 1,089.8 1.342b 2,886.2a 4,492.5 1.556b
Negative control (NC)1 115.2 143.1 1.241 753.1b 1,080.3 1.436a 2,742.8b 4,471.0 1.631a
NC + Amylase2 114.8 143.4 1.249 766.3a,b 1,076.9 1.407a 2,803.5a,b 4,403.0 1.571b
NC + Amylase + Xylanase2 117.2 148.2 1.265 769.8a,b 1,083.1 1.408a 2,825.6a,b 4,421.6 1.565b
NC + Amylase + Xylanase + Protease2 116.8 144.4 1.234 776.2a,b 1,070.9 1.380a,b 2,787.2a,b 4,423.2 1.588a,b
Average of treatments with enzymes 116.3 145.3 1.249 770.8 1,076.9 1.398 2,805.4 4,415.9 1.575
Temperature (°C)
 80 116.0 141.0 1.215B 772.6 1,074.0 1.391 2805.6 4446.4 1.586
 110 116.8 147.5 1.261A 779.1 1,086.4 1.398 2812.6 4438.0 1.579
SEM 0.814 1.742 0.011 5.644 5.728 0.008 13.281 20.595 0.007
P value
 Treatment 0.718 0.841 0.473 0.010 0.888 0.001 0.013 0.648 0.007
 Temperature 0.655 0.074 0.045 0.547 0.302 0.625 0.782 0.844 0.608
 Treatment x Temperature 0.852 0.805 0.345 0.863 0.653 0.332 0.801 0.678 0.972

Means followed by distinct small and capital letters in the same column are different (P ≤ 0.05) by Tukey's and F's test, respectively.

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

1

PC, positive control (meeting the nutritional requirements of broilers without the enzyme inclusion); NC, negative control (reduction of 100 kcal/kg).

2

Amylase (RONOZYME HiStarch, 80 KNU/kg), xylanase (RONOZYME WX, 100 FXU/kg), and protease (RONOZYME ProAct, 15,000 PROT/kg).