Skip to main content

Table 3 Mean ± standard deviation of performance parameters

From: Host intestinal biomarker identification in a gut leakage model in broilers

Time period

Parameters

Control

Challenge

p-value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

D1–D12

BW D12 (g)

290 ± 13

295 ± 11

0.485

DWG (g)

19.6 ± 1

20.2 ± 1

0.342

DFI (g)

24 ± 1

25 ± 1

0.614

FCR

1.25 ± 0.06

1.23 ± 0.05

0.321

D12–D26

BW D26 (g)

1375 ± 58

1187 ± 46

< 0.001

DWG (g)

78 ± 4

64 ± 4

< 0.001

DFI (g)

116 ± 6

108 ± 7

0.014

FCR

1.50 ± 0.07

1.69 ± 0.18

0.004

  1. Body weight (BW), daily weight gain (DWG), daily feed intake (DFI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was measured at day 12 and day 26 for the control and challenge group. Significant differences (p < 0.05) are shown in italic.