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).