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. 2021 May 3;7(3):787–800. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.11.015

Table 3.

Body-weight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of broilers fed the 7 experimental diets.

Performance parameters1 BWG, g/broiler
FI, g/broiler
FCR, g/g
1 – 11 d 1 – 22 d 1 – 36 d 1 – 11 d 1– 22 d 1 – 36 d 1 – 11 d 1 – 22 d 1 – 36 d
 CTRL 252 945 2,321 308 1,348a 3,542 1.22 1.43 1.53
 Bel10 256 942 2,317 305 1,244 ab 3,506 1.19 1.32 1.51
 Bel100 258 976 2,358 304 1,281 ab 3,545 1.19 1.31 1.50
 Bel1000 255 950 2,379 307 1,259 ab 3,445 1.21 1.32 1.45
 Eco10 249 933 2,358 303 1,268 ab 3,530 1.22 1.36 1.51
 Eco100 247 902 2,278 289 1,201b 3,390 1.17 1.33 1.49
 Eco1000 249 914 2,287 289 1,243b 3,429 1.16 1.35 1.50
Pooled SEM 17 45 89 16 76 128 0.06 0.10 0.05
P ANOVA (diet) 0.86 0.08 0.34 0.10 0.03 0.15 0.34 0.29 0.08
Main effects
 Enzyme
 Belfeed 256 956y 2,352 305y 1,261 3,499 1.20 1.32 1.49
 Econase 248 916z 2,300 294z 1,234 3,450 1.18 1.35 1.50
 Pooled SEM 5 15 29 5 28 41 0.02 0.04 0.01
 Dose, mg/kg
 10 253 937 2,327 304 1,256 3,518 1.21 1.34 1.52
 100 252 939 2,318 296 1,241 3,467 1.18 1.32 1.50
 1,000 252 932 2,333 298 1,246 3,437 1.19 1.34 1.47
 Pooled SEM 8 22 45 8 35 62 0.02 0.04 0.02
P ANOVA
 Enzyme 0.12 0.005 0.08 0.016 0.24 0.23 0.50 0.28 0.41
 Dose 1.00 0.92 0.91 0.42 0.87 0.26 0.39 0.81 0.09
 Enzyme × Dose 0.93 0.15 0.24 0.30 0.18 0.17 0.25 0.95 0.14

SEM = standard error of the mean.

a,b Means within one column having different superscripts are significantly different for the effect of dietary treatment (one-way ANOVA) (P ≤ 0.05).

y,z Means within one column having different superscripts indicate the presence of a significant difference for the main effect of type of enzyme (two-way ANOVA, control excluded from the data matrix) (P ≤ 0.05).

1

CTRL, control diet; Bel, Belfeed supplemented diet; Eco, Econase supplemented diet. Means were obtained from 8 replicate pens per treatment of 12 broilers per replicate pen.