Table 3. Effect of SLCPP supplementation on growth performance of broilers
Item | Treatment1) | SEM | p-value |
NC | PC | SPP |
BW (g) |
Day 7 (initial weight) | 134.45 | 134.38 | 134.43 | 0.32 | 0.74 |
Day 21 | 644.75b | 677.92a | 683.92a | 4.59 | 0.02 |
Day 35 | 1,488.25 | 1,565.33 | 1,583.75 | 7.69 | 0.09 |
BWG (g) |
Grower phase | 510.30b | 543.54a | 549.49a | 4.60 | 0.02 |
Finisher phase | 843.50 | 887.42 | 899.83 | 6.91 | 0.36 |
Total phase | 1,353.80 | 1,430.96 | 1,449.33 | 7.69 | 0.09 |
ADG (g/day) |
Grower phase | 36.45b | 38.82a | 39.25a | 1.23 | 0.02 |
Finisher phase | 60.25 | 63.39 | 64.27 | 1.85 | 0.36 |
Total phase | 48.35 | 51.11 | 51.76 | 1.45 | 0.09 |
FI (g/day/bird) |
Grower phase | 63.93 | 60.48 | 62.02 | 1.68 | 0.37 |
Finisher phase | 111.58 | 114.70 | 115.26 | 2.16 | 0.64 |
Total phase | 87.75 | 87.59 | 88.64 | 1.69 | 0.91 |
FCR |
Grower phase | 1.75a | 1.56b | 1.58b | 0.33 | 0.02 |
Finisher phase | 1.86 | 1.81 | 1.79 | 0.34 | 0.81 |
Total phase | 1.82 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 0.32 | 0.38 |
Means within the same row having different letters differ significantly at p ≤ 0.05.
NC, basal diet; PC, basal diet + 0.01% enramycin; SPP, basal diet + 0.1% sodium long chain polyphosphate.
SLCPP, sodium long chain polyphosphate; BW, body weight; BWG, body weight gain; ADG, average daily gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.