. 2021 Jul 15;8:696841. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.696841

Table 4.

The effect of substitution of corn–soybean diet with FFB on the growth performance parameters of broiler chickens.

Item	Control	FFB 5%	FFB 15%	FFB 25%	FFB 35%	SEM	p-value
Initial wt. (g)	46.00	45.60	44.60	44.60	45.00	0.79	0.39
Starter Period (1–10 days)
BW (g/bird)	343	340	345	342	339	6.13	0.08
BWG (g/bird)	297	295	301	297	294	8.12	0.11
FI (g/bird)	348^a	341^ab	336^bc	329^d	339^abc	14.75	0.001
FCR	1.17^a	1.15^a	1.12^b	1.11^b	1.15^a	<0.001	<0.001
Grower Period (11–23 days)
BW (g/bird)	1,331^d	1,335^d	1,357^c	1,385^a	1,370^b	16.21	<0.001
BWG (g/bird)	988^d	995^d	1,011^c	1,043^a	1,030^b	18.49	<0.001
FI (g/bird)	1,669^a	1,633^a	1,453^b	1,553^ab	1,626^a	21.26	0.02
FCR	1.69^a	1.64^ab	1.44^d	1.49^bc	1.58^abc	0.003	0.02
Finisher Period (24–38 days)
BW (g/bird)	2,439^e	2,536^d	2,603^c	2,736^a	2,692^b	16.10	<0.001
BWG (g/bird)	2,205^e	2,280^d	2,228^c	2,246^a	2,304^b	12.74	<0.001
FI (g/bird)	1,109^e	1,201^d	1,246^c	1,351^a	1,322^b	17.97	<0.001
FCR	1.99^a	1.90^b	1.79^c	1.66^d	1.74^cd	<0.001	<0.001
Overall performance (1–38 days)
BWG (g/bird)	2,393^e	2,491^d	2,558^c	2,692^a	2,647^b	12.74	<0.001
FI (g/bird)	4,221^a	4,254^a	4,017^b	4,129^ab	4,270^a	16.71	0.02
FCR	1.76^a	1.71^a	1.57^bc	1.53^c	1.61^b	0.004	<0.001

^a−d

Means within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05.

BW, body weight; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; SEM, standard error of the mean; FFB 5%, basal diet substituted with 5% FFB; FFB 15%, basal diet substituted with 15% FFB; FFB 25%, basal diet substituted with 25% FFB; FFB 35%, basal diet substituted with 35% FFB.