Table 3.

Effects of dietary DIC supplementation level on growth performance of broiler chickens (Experiment 1).

	Experimental Treatments 1				Statistics
	CTR	0.5DIC	1DIC	2DIC	SEM	p-Value
From 0 to 21 d
BW at 0 d, g	38.5	38.5	38.4	38.5	0.042	0.988
BW at 21 d, g	820	812	796	822	19.94	0.491
ADFI, g/d per bird	53.5	52.7	52.0	52.9	1.061	0.696
ADG, g/d per bird	37.0	36.6	35.9	36.9	0.910	0.547
FCR, g/g	1.45	1.44	1.44	1.43	0.022	0.960
From 22 to 44 d
BW at 44 d, g	2663	2601	2588	2588	74.82	0.730
ADFI, g/d per bird	142	139	142	140	4.228	0.895
ADG, g/d per bird	80.5	77.6	77.2	76.2	2.343	0.508
FCR, g/g	1.82	1.79	1.85	1.84	0.053	0.818
From 0 to 44 d
ADFI, g/d per bird	102	98.4	99.9	101	2.563	0.684
ADG, g/d per bird	59.7	58.4	58.0	57.9	1.703	0.730
FCR, g/g	1.70	1.69	1.72	1.71	0.042	0.913

¹ CTR = basal diet; 0.5DIC = basal diet supplemented with 0.5 kg/t DIC; 1DIC = basal diet supplemented with 1 kg/t DIC; 2DIC = basal diet supplemented with 2 kg/t DIC. Values are means of 6 replicates. DIC = feed additive DICOSAN+; BW = body weight; ADFI = average daily feed intake; ADG = average daily gain; FCR = feed conversion ratio; SEM = standard error of the mean.