TABLE 3.
Effect of dietary resveratrol supplementation on growth performance in yellow-feathered broilers with lipopolysaccharide1.
Item | Treatment |
SEM |
P-value |
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CON | RES | LPS | RES + LPS | LPS | RES | LPS × RES | ||
BW 16 days (g) | 353.97 | 360.46 | 353.59 | 354.13 | 7.38 | 0.529 | 0.510 | 0.575 |
BW 21 days (g) | 468.12b | 485.77a | 447.19c | 466.67b | 6.75 | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.847 |
Day 16–21 | ||||||||
ADG (g/d) | 19.03b | 20.88a | 15.59c | 18.76b | 0.54 | <0.001* | <0.001* | 0.108 |
ADFI (g/d) | 47.17b | 48.39a | 45.34c | 47.70ab | 0.41 | 0.001* | <0.001* | 0.067 |
F/G | 2.48bc | 2.32c | 2.92a | 2.54b | 0.09 | <0.001* | 0.001* | 0.110 |
Day 1–21 | ||||||||
ADG (g/d) | 19.62b | 20.43a | 18.71c | 19.68b | 0.32 | 0.002* | 0.001* | 0.738 |
ADFI (g/d) | 33.34bc | 34.32a | 32.70c | 33.62b | 0.32 | 0.008* | 0.001* | 0.878 |
F/G | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.75 | 1.71 | 0.03 | 0.061 | 0.111 | 0.631 |
1Values are means and standard error of the means (n = 5).
BW, body weight; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; F/G, feed to gain ratio; CON, control; RES, resveratrol; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; RES + LPS, dietary resveratrol treatment followed by LPS challenge.
abcMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).
The * indicates statistically significant difference (P < 0.05).