Table 2.
Effect of dietary supplementation of ginseng by-products on body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and mortality in broilers under heat stress condition

Items	Treatments2					SEM1
	CON	GB1	GB2	GLS1	GLS2
Grower (1~3 wk)
Weight gain (g/bird)	928.5	922.5	918.3	940.8	927.0	31.23
Feed intake (g/bird)	1,265	1,268	1,280	1,296	1,281	35.23
FCR (feed/gain)	1.36	1.38	1.40	1.38	1.39	0.056
Mortality	0	0	0	0	0	-
Finisher (4~5 wk)
Weight gain (g/bird)	816.8	890.8	916.3	887.0	876.3	89.57
Feed intake (g/bird)	1,544	1,543	1,529	1,574	1,543	59.50
FCR (feed/gain)	1.90	1.74	1.67	1.80	1.77	0.146
Mortality	4	0	0	4	4	6.197
Overall (1~5 wk)
Weight gain (g/bird)	1745	1813	1835	1828	1803	102.64
Feed intake (g/bird)	2,809	2,811	2,809	2,870	2,824	90.98
FCR (feed/gain)	1.61	1.55	1.53	1.58	1.57	0.070
Mortality	4	0	0	4	4	6.197

SEM, standard error of means.
CON, basal diet; GB1, basal diet + ginseng berry 0.5%; GB2, basal diet + ginseng berry 1.0%; GLS1, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 0.5%; GLS2, basal diet + ginseng leaves and stems 1.0%.