Table 2.

Effects of probiotics supplementation on goose production performance.

Group		A	B	C	D	p Value
1 d	Body Weight (BW)	95.28 ± 3.40	95.28 ± 1.95	91.94 ± 4.40	93.33 ± 1.82	0.206
28 d	BW	1450.18 ± 100.00b	1472.88 ± 76.71a	1567.33 ± 32.02a	1532.16 ± 115.73a	0.011
70 d	BW	3369.88 ± 198.21b	3705.15 ± 201.35a	3853.92 ± 196.43a	3781.33 ± 367.51a	0.017
1–28 d	ADG	48.39 ± 3.64	49.20 ± 3.73	52.69 ± 1.14	51.39 ± 4.15	0.099
	ADFI	109.48 ± 6.31	110.43 ± 5.69	115.80 ± 5.23	113.47 ± 7.80	0.318
	F/G	2.27 ± 0.15	2.25 ± 0.19	2.20 ± 0.10	2.22 ± 0.21	0.883
29–70 d	ADG	45.71 ± 2.88b	53.15 ± 5.75a	54.44 ± 5.14a	53.55 ± 7.16a	0.042
	ADFI	246.74 ± 10.68c	262.16 ± 7.99b	278.81 ± 14.29a	271.67 ± 15.55ab	0.002
	F/G	5.41 ± 0.24	4.97 ± 0.40	5.17 ± 0.69	5.15 ± 0.81	0.633
1–70 d	ADG	46.78 ± 2.85b	51.57 ± 2.87a	53.74 ± 2.82a	52.69 ± 5.26a	0.016
	ADFI	191.84 ± 8.44c	201.46 ± 5.82bc	213.61 ± 8.26a	208.39 ± 11.18ab	0.002
	F/G	4.11 ± 0.18	3.91 ± 0.18	3.99 ± 0.31	3.99 ± 0.52	0.784

Note: Group A (as control) was fed a basal diet, the treatment groups (B, C and D) were fed the basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg Clostridium butyricum (viable count 3.0 × 10⁶ CFU/g), 250 mg/kg Bacillus subtilis (viable count 2.0 × 10⁷ CFU/g), or the combination of 250 mg/kg Clostridium butyricum plus 250 mg/kg Bacillus subtilis, respectively. The different superscripts in the same row denote the means are significantly different between the groups (p < 0.05). ADG denotes the average daily gain, ADFI denotes the average daily feed intake, F/G denotes the feed to gain ratio. The data are presented as the mean ± SEM. n = 6.