. 2022 Dec 30;102(3):102461. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102461

Table 2.

Effects of fermented A. paniculata on growth performance in Muscovy ducks.

Items	CG	30 g/kg APG	10 g/kg FAPG	30 g/kg FAPG	50 g/kg FAPG	P-value
Body weight (g)
16 d	267.33 ± 9.50	274.33 ± 8.50	270.00 ± 9.85	258.67 ± 7.51	277.33 ± 16.01	0.32
21 d	386.69 ± 19.54	386.64 ± 18.39	388.57 ± 16.85	360.86 ± 15.36	375.19 ± 16.06	0.09
42 d	1,089.25 ± 49.16^AB ^a	1,106.63 ± 45.89^A ^a	1,091.25 ± 75.36^AB ^a	1,077.89 ± 41.98^AB ^ab	1,035.54 ± 47.41 ^B ^b	0.05
70 d	2,220.00 ± 82.46^A ^a	2,211.25 ± 68.07^AB ^a	2,230.63 ± 90.85^A ^a	2,205.00 ± 61.18^AB ^a	2,106.34 ± 94.04^B ^b	0.03
Average daily gain (g)
16-21 d	21.68 ± 4.36	24.60 ± 3.11	24.36 ± 3.72	22.34 ± 2.24	20.68 ± 4.25	0.63
22-42 d	31.95 ± 0.54^AB ^b	36.32 ± 0.72^A ^a	33.96 ± 3.03^AB ^ab	35.78 ± 1.31^AB ^a	31.73 ± 1.58^B ^b	0.02
42-70 d	40.06 ± 3.25	39.22 ± 2.88	41.22 ± 3.99	40.24 ± 2.58	38.54 ± 4.17	0.59
16-70 d	34.50 ± 1.21 ^B ^c	35.34 ± 0.11 ^AB ^bc	37.24 ± 1.11^A ^a	36.27 ± 0.70^AB ^ab	34.80 ± 0.88^B ^c	0.02
Average daily feed intake (g)
16-21 d	43.22 ± 0.81	44.11 ± 1.27	43.04 ± 1.63	42.51 ± 1.01	43.47 ± 1.25	0.62
22-42 d	89.11 ± 3.93	85.71 ± 2.16	88.87 ± 2.92	89.14 ± 1.50	87.99 ± 2.39	0.52
42-70 d	160.95 ± 2.23	156.38 ± 2.07	161.15 ± 3.82	157.88 ± 2.44	163.35 ± 2.55	0.06
16-70 d	120.68 ± 1.42	117.15 ± 1.93	120.65 ± 3.16	119.05 ± 1.80	121.50 ± 2.33	0.20
Feed conversion ratio
16-21 d	2.05 ± 0.40	1.81 ± 0.22	1.80 ± 0.30	1.91 ± 0.20	2.17 ± 0.45	0.60
22-42 d	2.79 ± 0.04^A ^a	2.36 ± 0.05^B ^c	2.63 ± 0.05^AB ^ab	2.50 ± 0.10^AB ^bc	2.78 ± 0.14^A ^a	P < 0.01
42-70 d	3.94 ± 0.22	3.75 ± 0.19	3.56 ± 0.16	3.74 ± 0.07	3.83 ± 0.21	0.31
16-70 d	3.50 ± 0.12^A ^a	3.31 ± 0.01^AB ^b	3.24 ± 0.10^B ^b	3.28 ± 0.07^AB ^b	3.49 ± 0.09^A ^a	0.01

In the same row, no letter or the same letter superscripts: no significant difference (P > 0.05).

^abc

Different small letter superscripts: significant difference (P < 0.05).

^AB

Different capital letter superscripts: significant difference (P < 0.01). The same as below.