Table 2.

Growth performance on d 16 of ducks in the pantothenic acid-deficient (PAD) and control (CON) group (g/bird).¹

Variable	PAD	CON	P-value
Initial body weight	52.77 ± 0.51	52.70 ± 0.42	0.795
Final body weight	221.4 ± 43.8b	553.1 ± 42.8a	<0.001
Cumulative feed intake	268.5 ± 28.0b	640.8 ± 53.0a	<0.001

^a,b Within a row, means without a common superscript differed (P < 0.05).

¹Each value represents the mean ± SD of 8 replicates (n = 8).