Table 2.

Effect of Bacillus licheniformis-fermented products on growth performance of broilers challenged with Eimeria tenella.

Item	NC 1	PC	DG	LBL	HBL	SEM	p-Value
Body weight (g/bird)
1 d	44.8	44.2	44.5	44.0	44.5	0.17	0.638
21 d	749.1	779.2	739.4	754.2	757.5	12.03	0.886
35 d	1546.7	1688.3	1686.7	1654.0	1545.0	30.93	0.296
Average daily gain (g/d/bird)
1–21 d	33.5	35.0	33.1	33.8	34.0	0.57	0.884
22–35 d	57.0	64.9	67.7	64.0	56.3	1.81	0.160
1–35 d	42.9	47.0	46.9	45.9	42.9	0.88	0.293
Average daily feed intake (g/d/bird)
1–21 d	54.1	53.9	52.4	54.2	53.6	0.29	0.298
22–35 d	74.0 b	104.3 a	102.1 a	88.0 ab	90.3 ab	3.11	0.016
1–35 d	62.1 b	74.2 a	72.3 ab	67.7 ab	68.3 ab	1.24	0.027
Feed-conversion ratio
1–21 d	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.03	0.977
22–35 d	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.6	0.05	0.127
1–35 d	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6	0.03	0.390

¹ NC = No E. tenella challenge; PC = E. tenella challenge only; DG = E. tenella challenge plus 6 mg/kg of maduramicin; LBL = E. tenella challenge plus 1.25 g/kg of BLFP; HBL = E. tenella challenge plus 5 g/kg of BLFP; SEM = standard error of mean; ^a,b Means (n = 6) of a row with no common superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05).