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Table 3 The effect of dietary supplementation of NSP-degrading enzymes, LYSO, CreAMINO® and their combinations on the economic efficiency of the experimental diets:

From: Are the energy matrix values of the different feed additives in broiler chicken diets could be summed?

Parameter

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

T7

SEM

P-value

Final BW (kg)

2.18d

2.27 cd

2.36bc

2.45ab

2.51a

2.49ab

2.27 cd

0.02

0.001

Feed cost (LE)

14.76

14.52

15.06

14.22

15.20

14.57

14.44

0.12

0.290

Total cost (LE)

22.26

22.02

22.56

21.72

22.70

22.07

21.94

0.12

0.290

Total return/bird(LE)

39.38d

40.95 cd

42.55bc

44.27ab

45.34a

44.84ab

40.95 cd

0.40

0.001

Net profit (LE)

17.12c

18.92bc

19.29b

22.55a

22.64a

22.76a

19.00bc

0.40

0.001

E. EF.*

1.16c

1.30bc

1.32b

1.58a

1.49a

1.56a

1.31bc

0.03

0.001

Feed cost/kg gain

6.89a

6.65a

6.74a

6.14bc

6.13bc

5.95c

6.47ab

0.07

0.001

PI (%) $

124.39c

131.28bc

137.20b

153.79a

156.96a

160.54a

134.74bc

2.42

0.001

  1. *Economic efficiency, $ Performance index. LE: Egyptian pound.
  2. a,b,c,d Means within the same row carrying different superscripts are significantly different at (P < 0.05).
  3. T1: Control group "basal diet with no additives (breeder recommendation (BR)). T2: Basal diet minus 100 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.02% NSP-degrading enzymes (NSP). T3: Basal diet minus 50 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.025% emulsifier (LYSOFORTE®). T4: Basal diet minus 50 kcal/kg supplemented with 0.06% guanidinoacetic acid (CreAMINO®). T5: Basal diet minus 150 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP and LYSOFORTE® (NSPL), T6: Basal diet minus 100 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP and CreAMINO® (NSPC). T7: Basal diet minus 200 kcal/kg supplemented with a mixture of NSP, LYSO, and CreAMINO® (NSPLC).