Table 4. Growth performance of Korean native ducks fed diets with two levels of crude protein and apparent metabolic energy during 22 to 56 days

Body weight (g/bird) BW gain (g/bird) Feed intake (g/bird) FCR (FI/BW gain)
Items
 AMEn (kcal/kg) Protein level (%)
 3,100 17 2,528.9 2,038.1 5,646.7 2.77
 3,100 16 2,574.9 2,010.7 5,937.5 2.95
 3,000 17 2,686.9 2,073.2 5,966.8 2.90
 3,000 16 2,606.4 2,078.6 5,914.8 2.85
SEM 58.305 53.374 144.74 0.092
AMEn (kcal/kg)
 3,100 2,551.9 2,024.4 5,792.1 2.86
 3,000 2,646.7 2,075.9 5,940.8 2.87
 SEM 41.228 37.741 102.34 0.064
Protein level (%)
 17 2,607.9 2,055.7 5,806.7 2.83
 16 2,590.6 2,044.6 5,926.1 2.90
 SEM1 41.228 37.741 102.34 0.064
Probability
 AMEn 0.12 0.35 0.32 0.90
 Protein 0.77 0.84 0.42 0.48
 AMEn×Protein 0.29 0.76 0.25 0.23
Pooled standard error of the means.