From: Essential oil and aromatic plants as feed additives in non-ruminant nutrition: a review
Item | PC | NC | EO | SEM |
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Performance | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Weight gain, g/d | 382a | 348b | 383a | 4.50 |
 Feed intake, g/d | 633 | 636 | 631 | 11.98 |
 Feed conversion | 1.65a | 1.82b | 1.64a | 0.04 |
 Feed consistency | 1.42b | 1.44b | 1.29a | 0.07 |
Nutrient digestibility, % | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Dry matter | 81.2a | 79.2b | 81.2a | 0.48 |
 Crude protein | 79.3a | 73.3b | 79.2a | 0.85 |
 Energy | 79.9a | 76.3b | 81.1a | 0.57 |
 Calcium | 56.3 | 57.0 | 59.5 | 1.65 |
 Phosphorus | 56.3 | 56.0 | 60.0 | 1.61 |