. 2021 Jul 28;11(8):2224. doi: 10.3390/ani11082224

Table 3.

Growth performance of broiler chickens.

Item ¹	Group ²				p-Value ³
Item ¹	1	2	3	SEM	Total	1 vs 2	1 vs 3	2 vs 3
BW (g)	mean values
1-day old chicks	40.56	40.85	40.30	0.16	0.399	0.492	0.555	0.746
10 day	261.70	268.44	270.27	2.45	0.334	0.229	0.137	0.745
18 day	671.16 ^b	681.95 ^ab	695.40 ^a	7.21	0.402	0.603	0.044	0.475
33 day	1960.85 ^b	2048.83 ^ab	2147.73 ^a	34.28	0.079	0.345	0.027	0.495
42 day	3031.03	3177.40	3175.41	41.63	0.266	0.205	0.137	0.907
BWG (g)
1–10 days	221.14	227.59	229.97	2.39	0.307	0.239	0.116	0.771
11–18 days	409.46	413.51	425.14	5.53	0.502	0.805	0.076	0.417
19–33 days	1289.69 ^b	1366.88 ^ab	1452.33 ^a	30.98	0.097	0.367	0.043	0.768
34–42 days	1070.18	1128.57	1027.68	21.45	0.157	0.302	0.256	0.640
1–42 days	2990.47	3136.56	3135.12	41.70	0.267	0.206	0.138	0.910
ADBWG (g)
1–10 days	30.80	30.94	30.76	0.24	0.954	0.772	0.956	0.771
11–18 days	92.28	92.20	91.02	0.55	0.599	0.957	0.362	0.417
19–33 days	77.47	74.89	74.01	0.90	0.270	0.284	0.149	0.640
34–42 days	122.25	110.85	112.86	2.59	0.159	0.066	0.125	0.768
1–42 days	72.64 ^a	69.73 ^b	69.59 ^b	0.51	0.017	0.005	0.017	0.910
FI (g; per bird)
1–10 days	220.55	234.70	232.80	2.75	0.069	0.057	0.076	0.448
11–18 days	545.63 ^b	555.90 ^ab	574.90 ^a	6.62	0.191	0.496	0.048	0.788
19–33 days	1919.98 ^b	2047.61 ^a	2062.34 ^a	36.70	0.006	0.018	0.008	0.364
34–42 days	1818.80	1829.09	1895.28	21.21	0.288	0.834	0.104	0.159
1–42 days	4613.51	5015.33	4847.54	79.19	0.112	0.078	0.106	0.478
ADFI (g; per bird)
1–10 days	30.56	30.00	30.70	0.32	0.653	0.563	0.746	0.448
11–18 days	129.31	128.27	129.21	1.27	0.938	0.656	0.979	0.788
19–33 days	115.54	115.47	112.94	1.10	0.563	0.982	0.344	0.364
34–42 days	232.97	233.99	236.19	0.80	0.254	0.631	0.153	0.159
1–42 days	115.85	115.78	114.44	0.72	0.686	0.971	0.448	0.478
FCR (kg/kg)
1–10 days	1.00	1.03	1.01	0.01	0.396	0.229	0.536	0.394
11–18 days	1.33	1.35	1.35	0.01	0.856	0.618	0.592	0.432
19–33 days	1.70 ^b	1.84 ^ab	2.01 ^a	0.05	0.015	0.224	0.002	0.660
34–42 days	1.45	1.35	1.31	0.04	0.231	0.320	0.132	0.937
1–42 days	1.54	1.59	1.54	0.02	0.326	0.231	0.889	0.707
EBI	457	465	479	8.09	0.567	0.731	0.274	0.425

^a,^b: means in the same line with no common superscript differ between groups; ^1, BW, body weight; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; ADBWG, average daily body weight gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; EBI, European Broiler Index; ² 1, control group; 2, halloysite group; 3, zeolite group; ³, SEM, standard error of the mean; p-value: Total, one-dimensional results; 1 vs 2, significance between control and halloysite groups; 1 vs 3, significance between control and zeolite groups; 2 vs 3, significance between halloysite and zeolite groups; 1 vs 2, 1 vs 3, 2 vs 3: t-test, p-value < 0.05.