Effect of dietary supplementation of alpha-galactosidase on the growth performance, ileal digestibility, intestinal morphology, and biochemical parameters in broiler chickens

Table 5 The effect of dietary supplementation of AlphaGal to low energy diet on the economic efficiency of broiler chicken diets

Item	Energy		P-value	AlphaGal (mg/kg diet)		P-value	Energy × AlphaGal				P-value	SEM
Item	RED	LED	P-value	0	50	P-value	RED+0 AlphaGal	RED+50 AlphaGal	LED+0 AlphaGal	LED+50 AlphaGal	P-value	SEM
Total return (LE)/bird	45.03	42.56	0.18	42.00^b	45.59^a	0.04	44.42^a	45.62^a	39.58^b	45.55^a	0.02	0.908
Net profit (LE)	19.27	17.25	0.2	16.60^b	19.92^a	0.02	18.55^a	19.99^a	14.64^b	19.86^a	0.01	0.770
Total costs (LE)	25.75	25.31	0.39	25.40	25.66	0.62	25.87	25.64	24.93	25.69	0.62	0.248
Feed costs (LE)	18.25	17.81	0.39	17.90	18.16	0.62	18.37	18.19	17.43	18.14	0.62	0.248
Economic efficiency	1.06	0.97	0.27	0.93^b	1.10^a	0.01	1.01^ab	1.10^a	0.84^b	1.09^a	0.03	0.039
Feed cost/kg gain (LE)	9.34	9.66	0.31	9.82^a	9.17^b	0.02	9.51^ab	9.16^b	10.13^a	9.18^b	0.048	0.151
Performance index%	121.88	111.48	0.2	107.97^b	125.40^a	0.02	117.68^a	126.08^a	98.25^b	124.72^a	0.01	4.004

^a,b,c,d)Means within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05)
RED Recommended energy diet, LED Low energy diet “–120 kcal/kg diet”

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