Effects of administration of four different doses of Escherichia coli phytase on femur properties of 16-week-old turkeys

Table 3 Initial and final body weight of turkeys from the positive and negative control groups (Group I and Group II), and the groups receiving diet experimentally enriched with 125 (Group III), 250 (Group IV), 500 (Group V) and 1000 (Group VI) FTU/kg of Escherichia coli phytase

Investigated parameter	Group I (PC group; n = 8)	Group II (NC group; n = 8)	Group III (n = 8)	Group IV (n = 8)	Group V (n = 8)	Group VI (n = 8)
Initial body weight (g)	59.56 ± 0.71	59.42 ± 0.37	60.04 ± 0.86	59.62 ± 0.73	59.62 ± 0.69	59.42 ± 0.64
Final body weight (g)	14463 ± 680^a	13525 ± 755^b	13988 ± 461^ab	14054 ± 595^ab	14201 ± 460^a	14380 ± 563^a

Values are means ± SEM.
^abStatistically significant differences between the groups are indicated with different superscript letters for P ≤ 0.05.

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