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.