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Table 2 Growth performance of broiler chicken infected with E. coli and fed on agrimos® at 35 days (n = 30)

From: Impact of dietary Mannan-oligosaccharide and β-Glucan supplementation on growth, histopathology, E-coli colonization and hepatic transcripts of TNF-α and NF- ϰB of broiler challenged with E. coli O78

Groups

Parameters

Control noninfected

Control infected

Agrimos® noninfected

Agrimos® infected

Initial body weight (g/chick)

45.33 ± 0.88a

45 ± 1.00a

45.67 ± 0.88a

45.67 ± 1.20a

Final body weight (g/bird)

1544.33 ± 1.76b

1358.67 ± 2.03c

1736.33 ± 2.33a

1547.00 ± 1.73b

Total Weight gain (g/bird)

1499 ± 1.53b

1313.67 ± 2.19c

1690.67 ± 1.45a

1501.33 ± 0.67b

FCR value

1.67 ± 0.005b

1.87 ± 0.006a

1.54 ± 0.003c

1.66 ± 0.003b

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard errors. Means in the same row (a-c) with different letters significantly differ at (p ≤ 0.05)