Effects of dietary supplementation with oridonin on the growth performance, relative organ weight, lymphocyte proliferation, and cytokine concentration in broiler chickens

Table 2 Effects of ORI on the growth performance of broilers

Items	Diet Treatments^a				SEM^b	P-Value
Items	CON	O1	O2	O3	SEM^b	P-Value
1–14 d
FI^c (g/d)	41.8	41.5	41.4	41.0	0.1	0.20
WG^c (g/d)	30.1	30.3	30.4	31.1	0.2	0.37
FCR^c	1.39	1.37	1.36	1.32	0.02	0.17
14–28 d
FI^c (g/d)	127	126	126	125	1.3	0.24
WG^c (g/d)	81.4	82.4	84.0	83.9	1.2	0.10
FCR^c	1.56	1.53	1.50	1.49	0.04	0.31
28–42 d
FI^c (g/d)	210	209	209	207	1.7	0.19
WG^c (g/d)	99.5	100	100.5	101.5	1.0	0.14
FCR^c	2.11	2.09	2.08	2.04	0.06	0.21
1–42 d
FI^c (g/d)	127	126	125	123	1.0	0.33
WG^c (g/d)	69.4	69.2	69.4	69.1	0.9	0.21
FCR^c	1.83	1.82	1.80	1.78	0.02	0.25

^aControl = basal diet; O1, O2, and O3 groups = basal diet with 50, 80, and 100 mg/kg ORI, respectively
^bStandard error of the mean based on pooled estimate of variation
^cFI = feed intake; WG = weight gain; FCR = feed conversion ratio

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