Table 2.

Body weight and gain of broiler chickens fed a reduced nPP diet supplemented with phytase, probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and fumaric acid during the trial.

Treatments 1	Body Weight, g						Weight Gain, g
	IBW	7 d	14 d	21 d	28 d	35 d	1–7 d	8–14 d	15–21 d	22–28 d	29–35 d	Total Gain
PC	43.04	206.26 bc	490.61 b	950.11 c	1557.72 c	2234.99 b	163.22 bc	284.35 b	459.49 bc	607.62 b	677.27 a	2191.95 bc
NC	43.16	201.19 c	449.39 b	890.99 d	1426.49 d	2097.66 d	158.03 c	248.20 b	441.60 bc	535.50 c	671.16 a	2054.50 d
PHY	42.98	211.18 ab	567.30 a	1044.70 b	1684.71 b	2277.92 b	168.20 ab	356.12 a	477.40 ab	640.01 b	593.20 b	2234.93 b
PRO	43.06	215.85 a	606.83 a	1135.52 a	1864.95 a	2394.22 a	172.79 a	390.98 a	528.69 a	729.43 a	529.27 b	2351.16 a
SC	43.18	205.75 bc	578.28 a	999.74 b	1503.57 c	2205.20 bc	162.57 bc	372.53 a	421.46 bc	503.84 cd	701.63 a	2162.02 bc
FA	43.12	204.05 c	479.37 b	890.73 d	1430.32 d	2136.42 cd	160.93 c	275.32 b	411.36 c	539.59 d	706.09 a	2093.30 cd
SEM	0.352	3.211	20.244	24.045	28.880	33.364	3.011	19.616	26.417	38.369	28.050	33.426
p-value	0.77	0.003	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.002	˂0.001	0.001	˂0.001	0.005	˂0.001
Contrast probability vs. NC
PC	-	0.12	0.05	0.02	0.01	˂0.001	0.21	0.07	0.50	0.02	0.83	0.002
PHY	-	0.003	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.004	˂0.001	0.003	˂0.001	0.18	0.009	0.01	˂0.001
PRO	-	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.002	˂0.001	0.008	˂0.001
SC	-	0.16	˂0.001	˂0.001	0.01	0.002	0.15	˂0.001	0.45	0.41	0.28	0.003
FA	-	0.38	0.15	0.99	0.75	0.25	0.51	0.17	0.26	0.02	0.52	0.26

^a–d Means with no common letters within the same column varied significantly at p < 0.05. ¹ PC, positive control diet contained the recommended Ca and nPP; NC, negative control diet contained the recommended level of Ca and low nPP; PHY, NC + 600 U phytase/kg of the diet; PRO, NC + 0.05% multi-strain probiotic; SC, NC + 0.2% Saccharomyces cerevisiae; and FA, NC + 0.2% fumaric acid. SEM, standard error of the mean; IBW initial body weight.