Table 1.
Live body weight (BW), average live body gain (BWG), average feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and production efficiency factor (PEF) of broiler chickens given experimental diets (cinnamon), post coccidial challenge period (0–14 dpi).
| Cinnamon (g/kg) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment 1 | NC | PC | Salinomycin | 2 | 4 | 6 | p-Value |
| 1 to 7 dpi | |||||||
| BW (kg) | 1.273 ± 0.01 2a | 1.122 ± 0.01 c | 1.238 ± 0.03 ab | 1.178 ± 0.03 abc | 1.161 ± 0.02 bc | 1.228 ± 0.02 abc | 0.043 |
| BWG (g) | 82.91 ± 1.77 a | 56.45 ± 1.86 b | 57.75 ± 0.78 b | 54.28 ± 1.38 b | 61.03 ± 1.96 b | 64.45 ± 1.96 b | 0.001 |
| FI (g) | 117.2 ± 2.00 | 99.6 ± 2.06 | 104.4 ± 1.82 | 99.5 ± 1.88 | 111.2 ± 8.28 | 102.3 ± 5.52 | 0.131 |
| FCR (g:g) | 1.41 ± 0.02 b | 1.77 ± 0.06 a | 1.81 ± 0.04 a | 1.84 ± 0.05 a | 1.83 ± 0.04 a | 1.59 ± 0.05 ab | 0.055 |
| PEF | 336.2 ± 11.4 a | 230.6 ± 12.2b | 254.2 ± 7.1 b | 239.3 ± 11.0 b | 237.2 ± 15.4 b | 289.5 ± 14.2 ab | 0.008 |
| 8 to 14 dpi | |||||||
| BW (kg) | 1.870 ± 0.03 | 1.649 ± 0.02 | 1.850 ± 0.03 | 1.858 ± 0.01 | 1.752 ± 0.02 | 1.737 ± 0.03 | 0.067 |
| BWG (g) | 85.23 ± 3.34b | 75.58 ± 2.68 c | 87.25 ± 2.26 b | 97.08 ± 0.81 a | 84.36 ± 4.11 b | 72.76 ± 3.08c | 0.007 |
| FI (g) | 134.6 ± 2.78 | 130.2 ± 2.27 | 130.7 ± 3.85 | 126.6 ± 1.75 | 133.7 ± 2.01 | 125.3 ± 1.91 | 0.095 |
| FCR (g:g) | 1.58 ± 0.05 ab | 1.73 ± 0.05 a | 1.51 ± 0.04 ab | 1.31 ± 0.02 b | 1.60 ± 0.06 ab | 1.73 ± 0.06 a | 0.043 |
| PEF | 438.8 ± 14.0 ab | 354.2 ± 12.6 b | 456.8 ± 16.5 ab | 537.1 ± 13.3 a | 411.4 ± 17.7 b | 375.6 ± 15.5 b | 0.038 |
| 1 to 14 dpi | |||||||
| BWG (g) | 84.07 ± 1.81 a | 66.02 ± 1.89 d | 72.50 ± 0.86 bc | 75.68 ± 0.86 b | 72.70 ± 1.62 bc | 68.60 ± 1.50 cd | <0.001 |
| FI (g) | 125.88 ± 2.16 | 114.9 ± 1.88 | 117.52 ± 2.20 | 113.07 ± 1.13 | 122.43 ± 0.70 | 113.78 ± 1.46 | 0.148 |
| FCR (g:g) | 1.50 ± 0.02 c | 1.74 ± 0.05 a | 1.62 ± 0.03 b | 1.50 ± 0.02 c | 1.69 ± 0.03 ab | 1.66 ± 0.04 ab | 0.001 |
| PEF | 387.5 ± 9.1 a | 292.4 ± 12.1 c | 355.5 ± 8.0 ab | 388.2 ± 8.5 a | 324.3 ± 16.0 bc | 332.6 ± 12.1 b | <0.001 |
1 Treatments: NC—negative control, unsupplemented, unchallenged; PC—positive control, unsupplemented, challenged; Salinomycin—basal diet supplemented with coccidiostat salinomycin, challenged; Cinnamon—groups whose basal diet was supplemented with 2, 4, and 6 g cinnamon powder/kg diet, respectively, challenged. a–d Different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05). 2 Values are presented in means ± standard error (SE) (n = 5).