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Table 2.

Effect of the inclusion of encapsulated additives on the growth performance of broilers

Group	CON (mean±SE)	GPA (mean±SE)	PRE (mean±SE)	PRO (mean±SE)	SYM (mean±SE)
1 to 21 days
BWC (g/bird)	759±16.1^a	764.6±15^a	766.4±15.7^a	776.4±19.2^a	754.1±17.5^a
Feed intake (g/bird)	1,210±7^a	1,145±13^a	1,182±9^a	1,165±23^a	1,167±20^a
FCR	1.58±0.02^a	1.49±0.01^a	1.54±0.04^a	1.5±0.02a	1.54±0.03^a
21 to 49 days
BWC (g/bird)	2,176±118^a	2,275±96^a	2,447±98^a	2,245±114^a	2,168±86^a
Feed intake (g/bird)	5,854±29^a	5594±31^b	5,612±43^b	5,691±33^ab	5,643±61^b
FCR	2.84±0.2^a	2.49±0.1^a	2.32±0.1^a	2.53±0.03^a	2.6±0.09^a
1 to 49 days
BWC (g/bird)	2,924±113^a	3,039±87^a	3,219±90^a	3,037±110^a	2,936±81^a
Feed intake (g/bird)	7,064±49^a	6,740±20^b	6,795±14^b	6,857±11^ab	6,810±12^b
FCR	2.4±0.13^a	2.2±0.1^a	2.1±0.06^a	2.2±0.01^a	2.3±0.07^a

CON, control; GPA, with growth-promoting antibiotic; PRE, with agave fructan capsules; PRO, with Bifidobacterium animalis capsules; SYM, with symbiotic capsules; SE, standard error; BWC, body weight gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio; g, grams.

^a,b

Different letters indicate significant differences between groups (p<0.05).