Table 2. The effect of dietary yeast hydrolysate supplementation on the growth performance of broilers
Items | YH supplementation (%) | SEM | p-value |
0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | Linear | Quadratic |
d 1 to 7 | | | | | | |
BWG (g) | 159 | 175 | 187 | 2 | 0.789 | 0.313 |
FI (g) | 186 | 185 | 187 | 2 | 0.562 | 0.553 |
FCR | 1.167 | 1.198 | 1.192 | 0.011 | 0.141 | 0.218 |
d 7 to 21 | | | | | | |
BWG (g) | 583 | 610 | 684 | 9 | 0.044 | 0.131 |
FI (g) | 849 | 871 | 861 | 9 | 0.372 | 0.157 |
FCR | 1.459 | 1.433 | 1.428 | 0.013 | 0.041 | 0.402 |
d 21 to 35 | | | | | | |
BWG (g) | 814 | 884 | 928 | 15 | 0.029 | 0.102 |
FI (g) | 1,711 | 1,724 | 1,717 | 15 | 0.893 | 0.650 |
FCR | 2.113 | 2.012 | 1.983 | 0.035 | 0.052 | 0.122 |
Overall | | | | | | |
BWG (g) | 1,557 | 1,618 | 1,794 | 15 | 0.036 | 0.164 |
FI (g) | 2,745 | 2,780 | 2,766 | 17 | 0.582 | 0.299 |
FCR | 1.766 | 1.731 | 1.719 | 0.017 | 0.032 | 0.142 |
Mortality (%) | 3.37 | 2.98 | 2.98 | - | - | - |
YH, yeast hydrolysate; BWG, body weight gain; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.