From: Fermented Astragalus in diet altered the composition of fecal microbiota in broiler chickens
Item | Time period (days) | Dietary treatment | SEM2 | P-values | ||
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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 |