Table 2
Effect of extruded rice bran on feed intake, weight gain, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in broiler chicks
Performance | Diets | Statistics |
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T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | SEM | p-value |
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Feed intake (g) | | | | | | | |
Day 8–21 | 633.1a | 541.0b | 537.3b | 622.7a | 605.7a | 42.70 | 0.0031 |
Day 22–42 | 2483.1 | 2409.8 | 2425.8 | 2429.2 | 2418.7 | 107.74 | 0.5146 |
Day 8–42 | 3116.2 | 2950.8 | 2963.2 | 3052.0 | 3024.7 | 138.36 | 0.2484 |
Body weight gain (g) | | | | | | | |
Day 8–21 | 504.1a | 411.2b | 402.0b | 490.6a | 477.1a | 36.45 | 0.0004 |
Day 22–42 | 1102.0a | 910.0b | 886.2b | 1071.5a | 1044.5a | 44.84 | <0.0001 |
Day 8–42 | 1606.1a | 1321.2b | 1288.2b | 1562.1a | 1521.6a | 66.72 | <0.0001 |
FCR | | | | | | | |
Day 8–21 | 1.26b | 1.32a | 1.34a | 1.27b | 1.27b | 0.033 | 0.0041 |
Day 22–42 | 2.26b | 2.65a | 2.71a | 2.27b | 2.32b | 0.090 | <0.0001 |
Day 8–42 | 1.94b | 2.24a | 2.30a | 1.96b | 1.99b | 0.076 | <0.0001 |