Table 3.
Effects of dietary DDGS levels on growth performance of ducks from 11 to 42 d of age.
| Item1 | Dietary DDGS levels, % |
SEM |
P-value |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | ANOVA | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| 10 d BW, g | 403.1 | 401.0 | 400.4 | 402.2 | 396.0 | 4.25 | 0.508 | 0.255 | 0.389 |
| 42 d BW, g | 3,336ab | 3,356a | 3,283ab | 3,215bc | 3,132c | 63.40 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| 10–42 d ADG, g | 91.67ab | 92.36a | 90.09ab | 87.91bc | 85.49c | 1.97 | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| 10–42 d ADFI, g | 201.0 | 202.9 | 200.8 | 198.3 | 191.8 | 4.51 | 0.146 | 0.027 | 0.028 |
| F: G, g/g | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.24 | 0.04 | 0.509 | 0.159 | 0.356 |
| Mortality, % | 4.46 | 3.57 | 1.79 | 8.93 | 6.25 | 3.77 | 0.403 | 0.295 | 0.577 |
Abbreviations: BW, body weight; ADG, average day gain; ADFI, average day feed intake.
Values are the means of 6 replicates of 16 ducks each.
Values within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).