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Table 3 Effect of dietary EM on growth performance of broilers

From: Dietary Epimedium extract supplementation improves intestinal functions and alters gut microbiota in broilers

Items

Treatments

SEM

P-value

NC

CTC

EM100

EM200

EM400

EM800

Starter phase (d 1 to 21)

 Initial weight, g

39.65

39.46

39.61

39.29

39.63

39.01

0.47

0.727

 BW, g

646.88

677.50

654.38

663.98

655.94

650.78

11.29

0.113

 ADFI, g

37.85a

39.98b

38.57ab

39.23ab

38.69ab

38.29ab

0.48

0.002

 ADG, g

28.62a

30.52b

29.51ab

29.99b

29.45ab

29.21ab

0.45

0.004

 FCR

1.33b

1.30ab

1.30a

1.31ab

1.31ab

1.31ab

0.01

0.049

Starter phase (d 22 to 42)

 BW, g

1986.11

2139.13

2069.81

2107.34

2066.41

2091.36

52.31

0.114

 ADFI, g

101.21

108.78

102.41

105.26

102.72

100.05

3.02

0.078

 ADG, g

63.61

71.04

66.44

68.02

66.8

67.56

2.28

0.071

 FCR

1.56

1.54

1.56

1.56

1.55

1.57

0.02

0.834

Starter phase (d 1 to 42)

 ADFI, g

69.09

73.31

71.26

72.88

70.52

68.99

3.02

0.078

 ADG, g

45.65a

49.06b

48.28ab

49.13b

47.59ab

46.17a

2.28

0.031

 FCR

1.51

1.49

1.48

1.48

1.48

1.5

0.02

0.830

  1. a,bMeans that different superscripts in the same row differ significantly (n = 8, P < 0.05)
  2. BW body weight, ADG average daily gain, ADFI average daily feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio (feed:gain, g:g)