. 2021 May 28;12:683905. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.683905

TABLE 2.

The effect of XOS and Pediococcus acidilactici BCC-1 supplementation on growth performance of broilers from 1–21 d.

Treatment¹	BWG (g)	FI (g)	FCR
CT	621.03 ± 13.68	975.73 ± 23.94	1.57 ± 0.02^b
XOS	621.63 ± 13.68	946.57 ± 12.04	1.53 ± 0.01^a
BBC	628.56 ± 28.92	959.18 ± 14.33	1.53 ± 0.01^a
MIX	649.18 ± 14.55	982.60 ± 20.52	1.51 ± 0.02^a
P-value	0.151	0.166	0.028

^a,bMeans in the same row without common superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).

¹CT: Basal diet (0% XOS and 0 cfu/kg P. acidilactici BCC-1); XOS: Basal diet plus 0.15% XOS; BBC: Basal diet plus 10⁹cfu/kg P. acidilactici BCC-1; MIX: Basal diet plus 0.15% XOS and 10⁹cfu/kg P. acidilactici BCC-1.