. 2022 Mar 2;35(8):1215–1222. doi: 10.5713/ab.21.0539

Table 2.

The effect of Silymarin supplementation on growth performance of broiler

Items	Silymarin				SEM	p-value

	0%	0.02%	0.04%	0.06%		Linear	Quadratic
d 1–7
BWG (g)	123	131	126	134	3.24	0.381	0.692
FI (g)	148	156	149	156	3.38	0.339	0.983
FCR	1.184	1.203	1.190	1.168	0.02	0.747	0.467
d 7–21
BWG (g)	662^b	663^b	666^ab	680^a	9.18	0.014	0.902
FI (g)	1,006	1,012	1,019	1,038	13.41	0.124	0.712
FCR	1.521	1.529	1.532	1.527	0.02	0.651	0.840
d 21–35
BWG (g)	945	966	970	991	24.13	0.272	0.932
FI (g)	1,716	1,748	1,752	1,771	27.74	0.240	0.787
FCR	1.818	1.812	1.807	1.795	0.03	0.544	0.979
d 1–35
BWG (g)	1,729^b	1,759^a	1,761^a	1,805^a	23.11	0.044	0.995
FI (g)	2,867	2,916	2,920	2,965	30.26	0.076	0.906
FCR	1.658	1.658	1.658	1.645	0.01	0.331	0.964
Mortality rate (%)	0.926	2.778	3.704	3.704	-	0.635	1.000

SEM, standard error of means; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.

^a,b

Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p<0.05).