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.