Table 3 Growth performance of broiler chickens

Viability (%)

100

92

88

92

2.19

0.277

BW (g)

Day 1

38.22

38.76

38.22

37.82

0.17

0.289

Day 7

122.88

114.03

105.00

104.18

4.46

0.434

Day 14

354.81

326.73

313.09

306.18

11.58

0.492

Day 21

743.26

721.67

713.32

685.79

14.50

0.604

Day 28

1318.44

1254.16

1280.10

1267.96

25.23

0.850

Day 35

1921.68

1869.00

1852.28

1839.57

35.11

0.873

Day 42

2543.98

2453.70

2429.28

2404.78

42.40

0.707

The growth rate (%)

Week 1

104.99

95.99

89.05

93.11

3.66

0.495

Week 2

97.13

96.57

100.35

98.38

1.38

0.803

Week 3

70.75

76.10

79.31

76.68

1.94

0.494

Week 4

55.78^ab

53.63^b

57.03^ab

59.56^a

0.76

0.029

Week 5

37.25

39.57

36.66

36.58

0.81

0.554

Week 6

27.89

27.38

26.80

26.65

1.07

0.980

ADBWG (g)

Days 1–14

22.61

20.57

19.63

19.17

0.82

0.492

Days 15–35

74.61

73.44

73.29

73.02

1.32

0.061

Days 36–42

88.90

83.53

82.43

80.74

3.35

0.864

Total

59.66

57.50

56.93

56.36

1.01

0.707

ADFI (g)

Days 1–14

35.24

33.34

32.33

31.95

0.83

0.539

Days 15–35

127.51

126.98

124.81

127.54

1.12

0.828

Days 36–42

150.70

153.22

148.48

148.04

1.27

0.480

Total

100.62

100.38

99.80

99.35

0.77

0.118

FCR (kg/kg)

Days 1–14

1.56

1.65

1.70

1.68

0.04

0.606

Days 15–35

1.71

1.75

1.70

1.76

0.03

0.896

Days 36–42

1.71

1.84

2.06

1.84

0.11

0.722

Total

1.69

1.76

1.77

1.77

0.03

0.816

EPEF

359.22

315.63

292.23

303.07

14.27

0.388

EBI

353.82

310.72

287.65

298.33

14.10

0.389