Table 2.

Effect of fermented products produced by B. licheniformis on the growth performance and anti-coccidial index of broilers under coccidial challenge.

Item	NC 1	PC	FP	SEM	p Value
					NC vs. PC	PC vs. FP	FP vs. NC
Body weight (g/bird)
1 day	43.8	43.8	44.1	0.07	0.889	0.133	0.101
20 day	823.1	795.3	792.3	14.37	0.380	0.952	0.068
35 day	2065.8	1880.8	2006.7	32.78	0.031	0.144	0.310
Average daily gain (g/d/bird)
1–20 day	39.0	37.6	35.8	0.68	0.380	0.319	0.067
21–35 day	88.8	77.5	89.0	2.17	0.037	0.050	0.939
1–35 day	57.8	52.5	56.1	0.94	0.031	0.145	0.307
Average daily feed intake (g/d/bird)
1–20 day	66.0	67.0	69.6	0.99	0.490	0.386	0.208
21–35 day	137.3	165.7	172.8	5.38	0.012	0.566	0.003
1–35 day	95.5	106.5	110.9	2.49	<0.001	0.464	0.006
Feed conversion ratio
1–20 day	1.7	1.8	2.0	0.06	0.326	0.280	0.074
21–35 day	1.6	2.2	2.0	0.10	0.014	0.384	0.023
1–35 day	1.6	2.0	2.0	0.07	0.011	0.745	0.020
Anti-coccidial index	172.5	112.0	169.9	7.07	<0.001	<0.001	0.581

¹ NC = Basal diet; PC = Basal diet in combination with the coccidial challenge; FP = Basal diet plus 1 g/kg of B. licheniformis-fermented products in combination with the coccidial challenge.