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.