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Table 3. Effects of probiotics in water and feed on the growth performance of broilers.

Different superscript letters in the same row indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05), This also applied to the table below.

Parameter	CON	Drinking water with probiotics						SEM	P-value
		CP1	CP2	CP3	P1	P2	P3
1∼21 days
ADG (g/bird)	20.95^b	21.97^ab	22.68^a	22.73^a	21.01^b	21.02^b	21.79^ab	0.76	0.01
ADFI (g/bird)	40.85	40.49	40.84	41.53	40.45	40.84	40.61	1.94	0.63
FCR (g/g)	1.96	1.84	1.80	1.83	1.92	1.88	1.86	0.11	0.21
22∼42 days
ADG (g/bird)	48.82^b	53.89^a	52.44^a	52.60^a	50.47^ab	49.12^ab	52.01^ab	1.54	0.03
ADFI (g/bird)	98.93	100.12	99.32	100.35	100.68	99.27	103.29	2.85	0.19
FCR (g/g)	2.03^a	1.91^ab	1.85^b	1.91^ab	1.99^ab	1.97^ab	1.99^ab	0.07	0.01