Table 7 Treatment means for the 13 dietary treatments on nutrient utilisation from 25 to 27 d post-hatch and ileal protein (N) digestibility coefficient and disappearance rates at 28 d post-hatch
Treatments | AME, MJ/kg DM | ME:GE, MJ/MJ | N retention, % | AMEn, MJ/kg DM | Protein (N) digestibility | Protein (N) disappearance rate, g/bird/d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13.18 | 0.817 | 21.10 | 12.24 | 0.856 | 20.74 |
2 | 12.98 | 0.803 | 23.05 | 12.03 | 0.822 | 21.25 |
3 | 13.03 | 0.801 | 22.92 | 12.00 | 0.822 | 20.94 |
4 | 13.04 | 0.780 | 23.67 | 12.08 | 0.812 | 22.00 |
5 | 13.13 | 0.826 | 20.48 | 12.18 | 0.826 | 18.95 |
6 | 13.23 | 0.836 | 21.86 | 12.11 | 0.841 | 19.94 |
7 | 13.01 | 0.805 | 22.41 | 12.07 | 0.821 | 20.23 |
8 | 12.91 | 0.780 | 23.98 | 11.95 | 0.783 | 21.11 |
9 | 13.13 | 0.792 | 25.64 | 12.08 | 0.810 | 22.08 |
10 | 12.97 | 0.824 | 20.14 | 12.07 | 0.822 | 18.82 |
11 | 12.95 | 0.794 | 24.09 | 11.88 | 0.834 | 22.77 |
12 | 13.04 | 0.804 | 22.85 | 12.06 | 0.835 | 21.66 |
13 | 13.17 | 0.793 | 26.01 | 12.17 | 0.841 | 24.12 |
Mean | 13.06 | 0.804 | 22.94 | 12.07 | 0.825 | 21.12 |
Standard deviation | 0.20 | 0.020 | 1.82 | 0.19 | 0.023 | 1.77 |