Effect of fermented dandelion on productive performance, meat quality, immune function, and intestinal microbiota of broiler chickens

Table 1 Effects of dietary FD supplementation on growth performance of broilers

Item	CON	LFD	HFD	SEM	P-value
1–21 d
BW21	723.13	723.84	700.86	15.796	0.816
ADG	31.92^b	31.31^b	35.82^a	0.834	0.033
ADFI	47.64	47.29	51.71	1.011	0.123
F/G	1.50^xy	1.51^x	1.44^y	0.013	0.063
22–42 d
BW42	2366.98	2288.53	2290.03	41.971	0.715
ADG	78.43	78.96	77.72	1.469	0.950
ADFI	144.38	133.58	143.56	2.907	0.255
F/G	1.84	1.69	1.86	0.039	0.163
1–42 d
ADG	55.64	54.97	56.50	0.854	0.791
ADFI	96.14	90.43	92.74	1.992	0.535
F/G	1.73	1.67	1.64	0.028	0.417

CON Basal diet, LFD, Basal diet + 500 mg/kg FD, HFD Basal diet + 1000 mg/kg FD, ADG Average daily gain, ADFI Average daily feed intake, F/G Feed to gain ratio, SEM Standard error of the mean
^a,bMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters differed significantly (P < 0.05)
^x,yMeans (n = 5) in a row with different letters tended to be different (0.05 ≤ P < 0.10)

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