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Table 1 Effect of C. perfringens challenge and dietary EA levels on the growth performance of broilers

Dietary EA levels	0 mg/kg		500 mg/kg			P-values
C. perfringens challenge	–	+	–	+	SEM	C. perfringens challenge	Dietary EA level	Interaction
d 1–21
BW, g	563.10	533.18	555.95	535.05	6.21	0.0466*	0.8277	0.7106
ADG, g	24.89	23.47	24.55	23.56	0.29	0.0470*	0.8284	0.7111
ADFI, g	39.73	40.34	38.82	38.10	0.65	0.9669	0.2517	0.6261
FCR, g/g	1.60	1.72	1.58	1.63	0.03	0.1962	0.4186	0.5772
d 22–42
BW, g	1695.93	1589.26	1758.52	1662.96	24.00	0.0313*	0.1342	0.9000
ADG, g	53.94	50.29	57.27	53.71	0.91	0.0367*	0.0493*	0.9756
ADFI, g	102.16	103.95	103.69	100.17	1.08	0.7002	0.6155	0.2426
FCR, g/g	1.89	2.07	1.82	1.87	0.03	0.0327*	0.0146*	0.2526
d 1–42
BW, g	1695.93	1589.26	1758.52	1662.96	24.00	0.0313*	0.1342	0.9000
ADG, g	39.42	36.88	40.91	38.63	0.57	0.0314*	0.1339	0.9003
ADFI, g	70.94	72.15	71.25	69.13	0.79	0.7797	0.4133	0.3176
FCR, g/g	1.80	1.96	1.74	1.80	0.03	0.0467*	0.0460*	0.3100

All values are expressed as the means (n = 6). * Significant main effect (P < 0.05) of C. perfringens challenge or dietary EA level. BW Body weight, ADFI Average daily feed intake, ADG Average daily gain, FCR Feed conversion ratios = g of feed intake / g of BW gain, g/g

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