. 2023 Jan 26;55(1):46. doi: 10.1007/s11250-023-03476-9

Table 2.

Performance of broilers fed different dietary treatments at 42 days

	CON	CM	FCM	ECM	EFC	SEM	P-value
0–21d
FI (g/b)	942	933	938	941	944	7.220	0.815
BWG (g/b)	743^a	720^b	741^a	737^a	745^a	24.61	0.030
FCR	1.259^b	1.295^a	1.266^b	1.276^ab	1.267^b	0.085	0.024
22–42d
FI (g/b)	1929^a	1754^b	1920^a	1885^ab	1918^a	34.80	0.029
BWG (g/b)	1032^a	875^b	1020^a	997^ab	1063^a	71.00	0.016
FCR	1.868^b	2.004^a	1.882^b	1.891^b	1.805^c	0.121	0.001
0–42d
FI (g/b)	2871^a	2687^b	2859^a	2826^a	2861^a	42.55	0.042
BWG (g/b)	1776^ab	1595^c	1761^ab	1732^b	1808^a	39.10	0.001
FCR	1.617^b	1.686^a	1.623^b	1.632^b	1.582^c	0.107	0.011
Mor. (%)	2	4	0	2	2	-	-
Carcass traits (%)
Dressing	70.30	69.85	70.11	70.8	71.05	3.251	0.203
Carcass yield	75.23	74.09	74.50	75.14	74.61	1.545	0.171
Liver	2.18	2.05	2.23	2.21	2.35	0.252	0.610
Abdominal fat	1.70^a	1.58^ab	1.34^b	1.68^a	1.39^b	0.430	0.001

^a^,b,cEach trait with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05; FI, feed intake; BWG, body weight gain; FCR, feed conversion ratio; Mor., mortality; CON, basal diet as control group; CM, added 20% CM in diet no processing; FCM, added 20% fermented CM in diet; ECM, added 20% CM plus multi-enzyme in diet; and EFC, added 20% FCM in diet with multi-enzyme