Table 6.
Effect of dietary enzyme supplementation on growth performance of broiler chickens in experiment 2.
| Treatment1 | 0–14 d |
14–28 d |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWG (g)2 | FI (g) | FCR | BWG(g) | FI (g) | FCR | |
| Con | 218c | 365 | 1.69 | 815 | 1,302 | 1.62 |
| GAS | 224bc | 371 | 1.65 | 807 | 1,308 | 1.59 |
| MAS | 227ab | 374 | 1.65 | 806 | 1,296 | 1.61 |
| PRO | 231a | 373 | 1.62 | 807 | 1,320 | 1.62 |
| GAS+PRO | 220c | 362 | 1.64 | 802 | 1,290 | 1.61 |
| MAS+PRO | 222bc | 367 | 1.65 | 818 | 1,309 | 1.60 |
| GAS+MAS+PRO | 223bc | 370 | 1.66 | 815 | 1,327 | 1.61 |
| SEM | 0.907 | 1.170 | 0.005 | 4.035 | 4.405 | 0.005 |
| P-value | 0.003 | 0.082 | 0.077 | 0.940 | 0.322 | 0.872 |
a-c
Means with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).
1
Con, control diet; GAS, α-galactosidase; MAS, β-mannanase; PRO, Protease; GAS+PRO, α-galactosidase+ Protease; MAS+PRO; β-mannanase+ Protease; GAS+MAS+PRO, α-galactosidase+β-mannanase +Protease.
2
Abbreviations: BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.