Table 5.
Productive performance parameters of broilers as affected by PLE supplemented diets at different levels.
| Parameters | PLE (g kg-1) | SEM | P -values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNT | PLE0.1 | PLE0.3 | PLE0.5 | Combined | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| IBW (g) | 53.8 | 53.8 | 53.8 | 53.6 | 0.54 | 0.552 | 0.279 | 0.412 |
| FBW (g) | 1890.1b | 1999.7a | 2009.1a | 2047.6a | 2.35 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.174 |
| WG (g) | 1836.3b | 1945.9a | 1955.3a | 1994.0a | 3.27 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 0.175 |
| TFI (g) | 2886.9 | 2963.2 | 3006.2 | 2993.6 | 2.96 | 0.447 | 0.171 | 0.434 |
| FCR (g/g) | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 0.17 | 0.568 | 0.247 | 0.864 |
| Mortality % | 2.96 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.099 | 0.023 | 0.397 |
| EPEI | 333.1c | 369.7b | 373.9ab | 390.4a | 6.70 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.097 |
PLE, paulownia leaf extract; CNT, control treatment fed un-supplemented diet; IBW, initial body weight; FBW, final body weight; WG, weight gain; TFI, total feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio. a, b, c, within the same raw indicates to significance differences (p < 0.05) between means.