Table 4.
Body weight (BW) (g), body weight gain (BWG) (g/day), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) (kg feed/kg weight) in broiler chickens fed with A. annua diet compared with chickens fed with in-feed anticoccidial.
| AaEG (H1 *) | CocCG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | H4 * | |||||
| BW | BWG | BW | BWG | BW | BWG | |
| Day 1 | 39.9 | 45.7 | 40.15 | |||
| Week 1 | 150 | 15.72 | 185 | 19.9 | 150 | 15.69 |
| Week 2 | 425 | 39.28 | 440 | 36.42 | 417 | 38.14 |
| Week 3 | 943 | 74.0 | 1030 | 84.28 | 890 | 67.57 |
| Week 4 | 1500 | 79.57 | 1600 | 81.42 | 1480 | 84.28 |
| Week 5 | 2030 | 75.71 | 2200 | 85.71 | 2117 | 91.0 |
| Total | 2188 | 57.31 | 2311 | 62.82 | 2395 | 62.18 |
| FCR | 1.603 | 1.65 | 1.639 | |||
Legend: AaEG—Artemisia annua experimental group; CocCG—anticoccidial control groups; * Broiler chickens from these houses were from the same batch.