. 2022 May 27;15(5):1365–1372. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2022.1365-1372

Table 2.

Native chicken performance aged 2-14 weeks.

Parameter	Treatments

	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6
Body weight (g)	1190.60±21.33^e	1338.00±120.64^cd	1468.20±74.88^ab	1233.20±8.04^de	1376.00±124.65^bc	1505.60±103.20^a
Body weight gain (g)	13.25±0.22^d	15.01±1.48^bc	16.55±0.91^a	13.74±0.16^cd	16.38±1.48^ab	16.99±1.24^a
Feed intake	38.21±0.78^d	39.73±0.48^c	42.06±0.29^a	38.78±0.45^d	40.79±0.71^b	42.78±0.72^a
Feed Conversion	2.88±0.08^a	2.67±0.28^ab	2.55±0.14^b	2.82±0.03^a	2.50±0.20^b	2.53±0.19^b
Carcass weight (g)	708.92±17.44^c	810.24±67.85^b	916.16±46.99^a	738.19±6.76^c	841.41±77.94^b	947.18±62.32^a
Carcass percentage	59.54±0.74^c	60.59±0.71^b	62.40±0.32^a	59.86±0.42^c	61.14±0.43^b	62.93±0.27^a
Villus height (mm)	918.40±28.25^b	962.80±23.31^a	982.80±10.03^a	934.80±23.36^b	972.80±18.99^a	989.80±10.69^a
Villus width (mm)	269.40±6.88^d	282.00±5.05^c	292.80±7.46^b	276.60±7.09^cd	291.40±4.50^b	302.00±4.00^a
Crypt depth (mm)	306.00±7.81^d	317.40±5.94^bc	322.80±3.70^b	311.40±2.79^cd	322.80±3.63^b	340.80±11.52^a

Remarks: Superscript was different on the average row showing a significant difference (p<0.05); T1 (0.50% L-arginine: 0.85% L-lysine); T2 (0.75% L-arginine: 0.85% L-lysine); T3 (1.00% L-arginine: 0.85% L-lysine); T4 (0.50% L-arginine: 1.00% L-lysine); T5 (0.75% L-arginine: 1.00% L-lysine); T6 (1.00% L-arginine: 1.00% L-lysine)