Table 3.
The effect of palm oil and soy oil supplementation on growth performance in broilers1

Items CON T1 T2 SEM2 P-value
Con vs. others T1 vs. T2
d 1 to 7
BWG (g) 104 109 105 2.62 0.428 0.351
FI (g) 126 130 125 3.85 0.719 0.388
FCR 1.204 1.197 1.195 0.030 0.961 0.677
d 7 to 21
BWG (g) 614 635 623 7.18 0.089 0.266
FI (g) 1,053 1,073 1,062 7.09 0.147 0.349
FCR 1.718 1.692 1.707 0.025 0.335 0.674
d 21 to 35
BWG (g) 950 991 962 13.54 0.112 0.143
FI (g) 1,767 1,804 1,763 20.15 0.495 0.156
FCR 1.863 1.822 1.835 0.027 0.372 1.00
Overall
BWG (g) 1,667b 1,735a 1,691ab 14.52 0.017 0.042
FI (g) 2,945 3,007 2,950 22.37 0.236 0.083
FCR 1.767 1.733 1.745 0.017 0.380 0.759
Abbreviation: CON, basal diet; T1, basal diet + 1.3% palm oil; T2, basal diet + 1.3% soy oil.
Standard error of means. Values are represented by 13 replicates/treatment, 18 chickens/cage into three treatment groups.
Mean values within a row without a common superscript differ significantly (P<0.05).