. 2021 Jul 31;101(2):101412. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101412

Table 3.

Effects of dietary CPCMP supplementation on the growth performance of broilers.

Item¹	BC	CPCMP	PC	Commercial CPCMP	TCM	Probiotics
ABW (g/bird)
1d	34.18 ± 0.07²	33.66 ± 0.43	34.26 ± 0.25	33.24 ± 0.38	32.96 ± 0.39	32.88 ± 0.76
21d	809.52 ± 3.44^c	852.16 ± 5.78^a	831.07 ± 3.29^b	825.65 ± 3.30^bc	831.00 ± 4.99^b	827.72 ± 4.33^bc
42d	2,363.57 ± 22.80^c	2,629.60 ± 30.69^a	2,597.09 ± 8.18^a	2,476.45 ± 19.48^b	2,486.35 ± 9.07^b	2,462.41 ± 6.95^b
ADG (g/bird)
1–21 d	36.89 ± 0.15^c	39.07 ± 0.24^a	37.95 ± 0.16^b	37.81 ± 0.11^b	37.68 ± 0.22^bc	37.82 ± 0.21^b
22–42 d	73.98 ± 1.09^c	84.66 ± 1.46^a	84.10 ± 0.39^a	78.74 ± 0.95^b	78.90 ± 0.44^b	77.85 ± 0.33^b
1–42 d	55.46 ± 0.54^c	61.81 ± 0.73^a	60.99 ± 0.20^a	58.23 ± 0.48^b	58.38 ± 0.22^b	57.85 ± 0.17^b
ADFI (g/bird)
1–21 d	51.28 ± 0.48^a	48.74 ± 0.32^bc	47.93 ± 0.54^c	47.66 ± 0.41^c	50.24 ± 0.32^ab	49.77 ± 0.37^ab
22–42 d	168.56 ± 0.49^a	167.02 ± 0.67^a	162.01 ± 1.83^b	160.11 ± 0.86^b	158.47 ± 1.24^bc	154.81 ± 0.37^c
1–42 d	110.17 ± 1.14^a	107.80 ± 0.37^ab	105.07 ± 0.68^bc	103.89 ± 0.45^c	104.26 ± 0.63^c	102.49 ± 0.45^c
F:G (g:g)
1–21 d	1.40 ± 0.02^a	1.25 ± 0.01^d	1.28 ± 0.01^cd	1.27 ± 0.01^cd	1.34 ± 0.01^b	1.33 ± 0.01^bc
22–42 d	2.27 ± 0.01^a	1.96 ± 0.01^cd	1.94 ± 0.02^d	2.03 ± 0.01^b	2.01 ± 0.01^bc	1.99 ± 0.01^bc
1–42d	1.98 ± 0.02^a	1.74 ± 0.01^cd	1.72 ± 0.01^d	1.79 ± 0.01^b	1.79 ± 0.01^b	1.77 ± 0.01^bc

BC, blank control, basal diet; CPCMP, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% Chinese medicine–probiotic compound microecological preparation; PC, positive control, basal diet supplemented with 0.0035% chlortetracycline; commercial CPCMP, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% commercially available CPCMP; TCM, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% fermented traditional Chinese medicines; Probiotics, basal diet supplemented with 0.2% compound probiotics.

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Means with different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: ABW, average body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; F:G, feed:gain.

Data are mean values ± standard error of 5 replicates per treatment (15 broilers per replicate, n = 5).