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. 2021 Oct 30;29(3):1683–1693. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.10.063

Table 3.

Body weights gain as affected by photoperiod, TSAA and their interaction.

Items Body weight gain g bird/week
1-2w 2-3w 3-4w 4-5w 1-5w
Photoperiod (h/day)
22 205.13a 355.26a 432.18a 891.10a 1883.67a
16 190.62b 333.06b 423.92b 673.70b 1621.30b
SEM 8.47 9.54 13.81 11.04 19.38
p-value <0.001 0.002 0.023 <0.001 <0.001
TSAA (%)
1.30 189.23b 363.14a 444.58a 696.95c 1693.75c
1.10 206.12a 334.77b 418.31b 871.05a 1830.40a
0.90 198.24ab 334.59b 422.11b 779.35b 1734.30b
SEM 8.75 9.70 12.93 15.81 21.05
p-value <0.001 <0.001 0.035 0.002 0.003
Interaction
22/1.30 198.49c 364.72a 446.39a 729.50c 1739.10c
22/1.10 218.34b 367.27a 422.59b 1048.50a 2056.70a
22/0.90 199.54c 333.80b 426.81b 894.40b 1854.55b
16/1.30 279.77a 261.55d 442.53a 664.35e 1648.20d
16/1.10 194.91c 302.27c 413.92c 691.85d 1602.95e
16/0.90 196.97c 335.38b 415.85c 664.05e 1612.25e
SEM 11.83 26.52 37.64 39.58 32.08
p-value 0.005 0.020 0.003 <0.001 <0.001