. 2022 Jul 7;12(14):1742. doi: 10.3390/ani12141742

Table 3.

Feed intake and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of broiler chickens fed a reduced nPP diet supplemented with phytase, probiotic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and fumaric acid during the trial.

Treatments ¹	Feed Intake, g/Bird/d						FCR, g Feed/g Gain
Treatments ¹	1–7 d	8–14 d	15–21 d	22–28 d	29–35 d	TFI, g	1–7 d	8–14 d	15–21 d	22–28 d	29–35 d	TFCR
PC	26.01 ^ab	55.02	90.93 ^a	133.11	171.58 ^ab	3336.56	1.12 ^b	1.35 ^b	1.39 ^ab	1.53 ^ab	1.77 ^c	1.52 ^ab
NC	27.30 ^a	56.56	87.44 ^abc	128.63	175.02 ^ab	3324.72	1.21 ^a	1.60 ^b	1.39 ^ab	1.68 ^a	1.83 ^bc	1.62 ^a
PHY	23.70 ^cd	55.90	83.49 ^c	131.26	169.28 ^b	3245.41	0.99 ^d	1.10 ^c	1.22 ^ab	1.44 ^ab	2.00 ^ab	1.45 ^bc
PRO	23.19 ^d	54.81	89.31 ^ab	132.18	159.64 ^c	3213.96	0.94 ^d	0.98 ^c	1.18 ^b	1.27 ^b	2.11 ^a	1.37 ^c
SC	24.44 ^cd	54.94	88.83 ^abc	127.32	177.36 ^a	3310.28	1.05 ^c	1.03 ^c	1.48 ^a	1.77 ^a	1.77 ^c	1.53 ^ab
FA	25.07 ^bc	57.63	84.40 ^bc	128.53	173.65 ^ab	3285.02	1.09 ^bc	1.47 ^a	1.44 ^a	1.67 ^a	1.72 ^c	1.57 ^ab
SEM	0.601	2.295	2.348	2.352	3.338	54.48	0.03	0.09	0.10	0.15	0.09	0.06
p-value	<0.001	0.78	0.05	0.16	0.003	0.25	<0.001	<0.001	0.05	0.05	0.007	0.01
Contrast probability vs. NC
PC	0.06	0.51	0.16	0.08	0.32	0.83	0.007	0.032	0.94	0.34	0.58	0.12
PHY	<0.001	0.78	0.12	0.29	0.11	0.17	<0.001	<0.001	0.15	0.13	0.09	0.01
PRO	<0.001	0.46	0.44	0.16	0.001	0.06	<0.001	<0.001	0.08	0.02	0.009	0.001
SC	<0.001	0.49	0.56	0.59	0.50	0.80	<0.001	<0.001	0.42	0.57	0.56	0.15
FA	0.003	0.65	0.22	0.97	0.67	0.48	<0.001	0.22	0.65	0.92	0.28	0.41

^a–d Means with no common letters within the same column varied significantly at p < 0.05. ¹ Treatments’ abbreviations see Table 2. TFI, total feed intake; TFCR, total FCR.