Table 2. Body weight, body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio according to dietary crude protein and additional phytase levels
Phytase (ppm) | CP (%) | IBW (g) | FBW (g) | BWG (g) | FI (g) | FCR |
1,000 | 22 | 42.1 | 166.1ab | 124.1abc | 139.4 | 1.12abc |
21 | 42.0 | 167.2ab | 125.2ab | 133.6 | 1.07bc |
20 | 40.8 | 155.9c | 115.1cd | 137.9 | 1.20a |
800 | 22 | 42.6 | 173.8a | 131.3a | 136.8 | 1.04c |
21 | 42.1 | 164.2abc | 122.1abcd | 126.7 | 1.04c |
20 | 42.2 | 163.7bc | 121.6abcd | 130.2 | 1.07bc |
500 | 22 | 41.7 | 157.9bc | 116.2bcd | 132.7 | 1.15ab |
21 | 42.2 | 167.3ab | 125.1ab | 130.3 | 1.04c |
20 | 41.9 | 154.8c | 112.9d | 124.0 | 1.10bc |
SEM1 | | - | 6.10 | 5.98 | 9.14 | 0.052 |
Phytase (ppm) |
1,000 | | 41.6 | 163.1 | 121.5 | 137.0 | 1.13a |
800 | | 42.3 | 167.3 | 125.0 | 131.2 | 1.05b |
500 | | 42.0 | 160.0 | 118.0 | 129.0 | 1.10ab |
SEM2 | | - | 7.61 | 7.32 | 9.05 | 0.063 |
Crude protein |
22 | | 42.1 | 166.0a | 123.8a | 136.3 | 1.10a |
21 | | 42.1 | 166.2a | 124.1a | 130.2 | 1.05b |
20 | | 41.6 | 158.1b | 116.5b | 130.7 | 1.12a |
SEM3 | | - | 7.23 | 6.98 | 9.26 | 0.064 |
P-value |
Phytase | | | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | <0.05 |
CP | | - | <0.05 | <0.05 | 0.22 | <0.05 |
Phytase × CP | | - | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.29 | <0.01 |
SEM, standard error of means (n=36).
SEM, standard error of means (n=12).
SEM, standard error of means (n=12).
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).
IBW, initial body weight; FBW, final body weight; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.