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Table 1 Growth performance1 observed in broiler chickens infected with a mixture of Eimeria species at 10 d of age and provided with diets supplemented with salinomaycin (Sal), probiotic (Pro), combination of vitamin E, C, and selenium (ECSe), and F. angulate extracts at the levels of 200 and 400 m/kg (FAE200 and FAE400, respectively) in experiment 1

From: Protective and immunostimulatory effects of in-feed preparations of an anticoccidial, a probiotic, a vitamin-selenium complex, and Ferulago angulata extract in broiler chickens infected with Eimeria species

 

Average daily gain (g)

Average daily feed intake (g)

Feed conversion ratio

Treatments

d 1–10

d 1–24

d 1–42

d 1–10

d 1–24

d 1–42

d 1–10

d 1–24

d 1–42

NC2

19.84

39.34a

63.96a

26.38

60.58

115.6

1.33

1.54bc

1.81d

PC3

19.74

36.18b

54.58d

26.58

59.62

114.6

1.35

1.65a

2.10a

Sal + infected

20.18

38.90a

62.50abc

26.30

60.00

116.5

1.30

1.54bc

1.86cd

Pro + infected

20.36

38.87a

61.62abc

26.54

59.23

115.0

1.30

1.52c

1.86cd

ECSe + infected

19.62

37.11ab

59.94bc

26.18

59.70

116.2

1.33

1.61ab

1.94bc

FAE200 + infected

20.15

37.12ab

58.87c

26.14

59.77

117.4

1.30

1.61ab

1.99b

FAE400 + infected

20.35

39.15a

62.99ab

26.02

59.13

115.3

1.28

1.51c

1.83d

SEM4

0.43

1.08

1.72

0.39

1.74

2.24

0.027

0.032

0.045

P-value

0.105

0.019

0.005

0.524

0.886

0.746

0.170

0.008

0.013

  1. a-cMeans within a column not sharing the same superscript are different at P < 0.05
  2. 1Values are means of 5 pens per treatment combination with 10 male broiler chickens (n = 5 per treatment)
  3. 2Negative control (not treated and uninfected)
  4. 3Positive control (not treated, but infected)
  5. 4Pooled standard error of mean