Table 4. Growth performance of birds fed experimental diets from 10 to 21 days and from 21 to 28 days1

Item Experimental diets SEM2 P-value
Control Allium hookeri
Body weight (g)
day 10 235 235 10.9 0.679
day 21 684 720 24.8 0.190
day 28 1,100 1,149 31.7 0.138
Body weight gain (g/bird)
day 21 449 485 17.4 0.194
day 28 416 429 13.6 0.061
Overall 865 914 25.2 0.141
Feed intake (g/bird)
day 21 707 734 17.9 0.304
day 28 635 655 17.4 0.158
Overall 1,342 1,389 29.5 0.270
Gain-to-feed ratio (g:g)
day 21 0.63b 0.66a 0.011 0.036
day 28 0.66 0.66 0.008 0.929
Overall 0.64b 0.66a 0.006 0.015
Each value represents mean of 6 replicates.
SEM, standard error of the mean.
Values with different superscripts within a column differ significantly (P<0.05).