Table 4.
Effect of dietary sulfur sources on growth performance in coccidiosis vaccine-challenged broiler chickens 1.
| Item 2 | NEG 3 | Coccidiosis Vaccine Challenge | SEM 4 | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | MSM | SS | ||||
| BWG, g/day/bird | ||||||
| Day 21 to 28 | 571.4 | 541.4 | 527.4 | 540.1 | 15.741 | 0.262 |
| FI, g/day/bird | ||||||
| Day 21 to 28 | 841.8 | 818.2 | 801.9 | 814.5 | 18.597 | 0.504 |
| FCR, g:g | ||||||
| Day 21 to 28 | 1.474 | 1.514 | 1.521 | 1.513 | 0.014 | 0.087 |
1 All means are average of 8 pens per treatment. 2 BWG = body weight gain; FI = feed intake; FCR = feed conversion ratio. 3 NEG = unchallenged group; POS = challenged group; MSM = methyl sulfonyl methane; SS = sodium sulfate. 4 SEM, standard error of the means.