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. 2020 Jun 24;34(5):931–940. doi: 10.5713/ajas.20.0215

Table 2.

Effects of light color on the production performance of Pekin ducks

Items Stage d Treatment SEM p-value1)

White Red Yellow Green Blue
BW (g) 1 54.8 55.9 54.6 54.8 55.3 0.255 0.834
14 635.2 626.3 660.7 661.5 633.3 8.251 0.498
35 2,178.9 2,116.7 2,212.9 2,118.6 2,168.4 20.641 0.579
42 2,570.5 2,450.5 2,601.8 2,509.6 2,567.4 30.038 0.901
FI (g) 1–14 887.1 852.2 912.6 898.2 857.1 14.930 0.690
15–35 4,098.8 4,060.6 4,238.6 4,005.9 4,094.7 51.421 0.779
36–42 1,258.9 1,122.9 1,286.3 1,266.3 1,268.8 21.038 0.082
1–42 6,244.7 6,035.7 6,437.6 6,170.3 6,220.6 73.031 0.602
BWG (g) 1–14 580.4 570.4 606.1 606.7 577.9 9.669 0.735
15–35 1,543.7 1,490.4 1,552.2 1,457.1 1,535.2 25.767 0.832
36–42 391.7a 333.9b 388.9a 391.0a 399.0a 7.207 0.01
1–42 2,515.7 2,394.6 2,547.2 2,454.8 2,512.1 30.494 0.598
FCR 1–14 1.53 1.49 1.5 1.48 1.48 0.01 0.611
15–35 2.66 2.73 2.74 2.77 2.67 0.025 0.635
36–42 3.22 3.37 3.31 3.25 3.18 0.037 0.484
1–42 2.48 2.52 2.53 2.52 2.48 0.013 0.599

SEM, standard error of the mean; BW, body weight; FI, feed intake; BWG, body weight gain; FCR, feed intake/body weight gain.

1)

Comparisons among groups based on a multivariate analysis of variance.

a,b

Different letters differ significantly within a row (p<0.05).