. 2021 Oct 25;101(1):101563. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101563

Table 4.

Effects of dietary EOA supplementation on growth performances of broiler chickens coinfected with Eimeria maxima and Clostridium perfringens¹.

Items	Experimental design						SEM²	P-values³
	A	D	E	F	G	H	SEM²	P-values³
D1 to 21
BWG, g/bird	870^a	655^b	830^a	657^b	647^b	636^b	16.25	<0.01
AFI, g/bird	1249^a	1047^b	1219^a	1042^b	1057^b	1028^b	15.57	<0.01
FCR, g/g	1.44^b	1.60^a	1.46^b	1.60^a	1.64^a	1.62^a	0.01	<0.01
D22 to 42
BWG, g/bird	1904	1891	2071	1929	1919	1840	23.67	0.059
AFI, g/bird	3095	3114	3275	3047	3083	2976	31.75	0.120
FCR, g/g	1.63^ab	1.65^a	1.58^bc	1.56^c	1.60^abc	1.62^ab	0.01	0.011
d1 to 42
BWG, g/bird	2774^a	2546^b	2904^a	2596^b	2566^b	2476^b	32.38	<0.01
AFI, g/bird	4344^ab	4161^bc	4494^a	4089^bc	4140^bc	4004^c	42.48	0.002
FCR, g/g	1.54^bc	1.63^a	1.52^c	1.57^bc	1.61^ab	1.62^ab	0.01	<0.01

^a,b,c,d

Means within the same row without a common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each value represents the mean of 6 replicates. A: the uninfected and untreated control; D: the infected and untreated control; E: the infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 250 mg/kg bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD, 15% purity) plus 90 mg/kg monensin; F: the infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 200 mg/kg EOA; G: the infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 500 mg/kg EOA; H: the infected birds fed basal diet supplemented with 800 mg/kg EOA. ²SEM, standard error of the mean. ³P-values represent the interaction between the dietary treatments. Abbreviations: AFI, average feed intake, g/bird; BWG, average body weight gain, g/bird; FCR, feed conversion ratio (g of feed intake/g of BW gain, g/g).