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Table 3 Effects of fermented Astragalus on growth performance of broiler chickens

From: Fermented Astragalus in diet altered the composition of fecal microbiota in broiler chickens

Item

Time period (days)

Dietary treatment

SEM2

P-values

C group

U group

F group

ADFI (g/days)

1–21

30.20 ± 2.26a

25.10 ± 0.22a

38.37 ± 1.21b

1.048

0.0001

22–42 

67.84 ± 9.32a

59.21 ± 1.11a

64.71 ± 0.69

3.843

0.224

ADG (g/days)

1–21 

12.45 ± 0.73

12.91 ± 0.17

13.37 ± 0.50

0.369

0.178

22–42

31.26 ± 2.22ab

29.79 ± 1.40a

34.58 ± 1.38b

1.209

0.035

F/G

1–21

2.43 ± 0.10b

1.94 ± 0.04a

2.87 ± 0.20c

0.045

0.000004

22–42

2.16 ± 0.16b

1.99 ± 0.13ab

1.87 ± 0.55a

0.084

0.066

  1. C group = basal diet; U group = basal diet + 0.5% unfermented Astragalus; F group=basal diet + 0.5% fermented Astragalus
  2. ADFI average daily feed intake, ADG average daily gain, F/G feed gain ratio
  3. a,b,cMeans in the same row bearing different superscripts differ significantly (P ≤ 0.05)