Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 2 Growth performance of broiler chickens

From: Effect of dietary supplementation with yeast cell wall extracts on performance and gut response in broiler chickens

	Dietary treatment		P-value	RMSE^a
	Control (C)	Yeast (Y)	P-value	RMSE^a
Broilers, n	226	229
Live weight, g
1 d	45.9	46.5	0.11	3.40
14 d	422	411	0.08	54.1
28 d	1494	1451	0.03	134
44 d	2959	2968	0.83	230
Period 1 (1–14 d)
Daily weight gain, g/d	28.9	28.0	0.06	4.11
Feed intake^b, g/d	34.1	33.6	0.23	1.05
Feed conversion index^b	1.18	1.20	0.10	0.03
Period 2 (14–28 d)
Daily weight gain g/d	76.6	74.3	0.04	6.78
Feed intake^b, g/d	109	105	< 0.01	3.00
Feed conversion index^b	1.43	1.42	0.40	0.02
Period 3 (28–44 d)
Daily weight gain, g/d	91.6	94.8	0.06	10.5
Feed intake^b, g/d	183	180	0.34	7.34
Feed conversion index^b	2.00	1.90	< 0.001	0.05
Whole trial (1–44 d)
Daily weight gain, g/d	66.2	66.4	0.84	5.22
Feed intake^b, g/d	114	111	0.09	3.43
Feed conversion index^b	1.74	1.70	0.01	0.03

^aRMSE, root mean square error
^bPen-based data

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