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Table 2 Effects of avilamycin (AVI) and lysozyme (LYZ) feed supplements on growth performance and economic viability of broilers

From: Dietary lysozyme and avilamycin modulate gut health, immunity, and growth rate in broilers

Items

Experimental groups

p- value

 

Control

AVI

LYZ

Initial weight, g

41.09 ± 0.44

41.11 ± 0.41

41.25 ± 0.39

0.953

1fBwt, g

1880.7 ± 40.2b

2031.9 ± 39.65a

2043.28 ± 39.92a

0.012

2BWG, g

1839.6 ± 39.9b

1990.7 ± 39.4a

2002.03 ± 39.63a

0.012

3FI, g

3084.60 ± 20.4

3142.3 ± 30.7

3155.4 ± 22.96

0.137

4FCR

1.69 ± 0.04a

1.59 ± 0.03b

1.59 ± 0.03b

0.035

5PER

2.78 ± 0.06

2.95 ± 0.06

2.95 ± 0.06

0.082

6EPEF

323.93 ± 14.31b

371.98 ± 14.42a

374.69 ± 14.47a

0.035

  1. Values are given as mean ± Standard error (SE) of four replicates with 10 birds per each.
  2. Any two means for a performance parameter bearing different superscript letters in a row are significantly (p < 0.05) different from each other.
  3. 1Body weight; 2Body weight gain; 3Feed intake; 4Feed conversion ratio; 5Protein efficiency ratio and 6European production efficiency factor = [(viability % × body weight Kg / age (d) × FCR)] ×100.